Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Dec 24:A step to impart the knowledge to the learners through their local dialects/regional based languages initiated by World’s Largest Open University IGNOU.
The competent authority of IGNOU has decided to conduct online counselling classes for July 2021 session in 13 regional languages as a mode of instruction in online counselling classes through SWAYAM PRABHA & Gyan Darshan channels with effect from 1st January ,2022.
In this regard, a virtual mode meeting was held today to discuss the implementation of the scheme for Channel Based Counselling through different regional languages in Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) for under graduate programmes on SWAYAM PRABHA & Gyan Darshan Channels.
This commendable initiative has been taken by the IGNOU Vice Chancellor Prof Nageshwar Rao, with the consultation of Regional Services Division, represented by Dr Sri Kanth Mohapatra, and announced through the meeting organised in virtual mode by IGNOU competent authority with the participation of 13 Regional Directors representing their respective Regional Centres like Srinagar, Khanna, Lucknow, Guwahati, Pune, Maduri, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Ahmadabad, Bangalore, Cochin, Bhubaneshwar & Noida.
The SWAYAM PRABHA is a group of 34 DTH channels devoted to telecasting high quality educational programs on a 24×7 basis using the GSAT 15 satellite. Every day there will be new content for at least 4 hours which will be repeated 5 more times in a day, allowing the students to choose the time of their convenience. The contents are provided by NPTEL, IITS, UGC, CEC, IGNOU. The INFLIBNET centre maintains the web portal.
Dr Kamlesh Meena, Regional Director, IGNOU Regional Centre Srinagar, said that this initiative has been taken by the competent authority in view of diversity of languages and on the basis of local dialect in order to provide the comfort zone and easy access to grab, understand and pedagogical learning method and process. Regional Centre Srinagar has been assigned the responsibility to conduct online counselling sessions for July 2021 session in virtual mode from the office of Regional Centre Srinagar. The regional centre Srinagar will equip a virtual studio at premises of RC Srinagar for carrying out the responsibilities of conducting online counselling classes in virtual mode for Undergraduate learners enrolled for July 2021 session.
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