Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, May 15: Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Regional Center Srinagar has taken an initiative to organize induction meetings at the learner support centers across the valley for the learners enrolled in January 2022 sessions in various academic programmes.
In this connection, an induction meeting was organized at the auditorium hall of Govt Degree College Pulwama, here today for the allotted 343 students to Learner Support Center 1248. This induction programme was hosted by College Administration with the support of Coordinator Learner Support Center (LSC) 1248, part time staff of IGNOU and Academic Counsellors of the said Learner Support Center.
The meeting was attended by Principal Govt Degree College Pulwama, Prof Farooq Ahmad Andrabi; Regional Director IGNOU Regional Center Srinagar, Dr Kamlesh Meena; Coordinator IGNOU, Prof Jan Mohammad Bhat and staff members of Regional Center Srinagar. A number of learners participated in the induction meeting.
Prof Farooq Ahmad Andrabi delivered his speech with remarks that this is a very important initiative for the learners to know about their courses pursuing from Indira Gandhi National Open University.
On this occasion, the Coordinator of Learner Support Center 1248 addressed the learners with the views and remarks that the induction meeting aims to provide relevant information to the learners about their academic activities.
The induction session was started by Dr Kamlesh Meena through Power point Presentation and dissemination of information about the role of IGNOU for imparting Higher education to the common masses at the door steps with a view of democratization of Higher education in all segments of societies.
Dr Kamlesh Meena spoke about the inception of Regional Center Srinagar and its time to time contribution to imparting Higher education opportunities to the masses of Kashmir Valley without any bearer and discrimination. He said the RC Srinagar is carrying the mandate of IGNOU to cater all societies through the opportunities of Open Distance Learning platform (ODL) through the world’s largest open University IGNOU.
During the induction meeting, the learners were told about the submission of Assignments, Re-registration, and Examination by the Regional Director through his speech and Power Point Presentation.
The session was facilitated with the question asking session from the participating learners to get feedback and to clear queries and doubts about Study Material, Counselling Classes, Scholarship Forms, Commencement of Examination, Submission dates of Assignments, Projects, Examination Forms and so on.