Colleges for distance education in India
Education has become an important element for the development of the human being
. The life of a common man is highly dependent on the educational degrees he has and forms the basis for moving further in their career. The students are very much considerate about their degrees and the fields in which they take education. The number of colleges in India have been increasing and therefore providing opportunities to the students, to pursue their education from a reputed university. Qualified professionals from renowned colleges are always preferred and thus are able to grab good job opportunities. Regular and full time courses are opted by the students hailing from different education fields. But there are many students, who are living in a far land or might be working, therefore not able to pursue full time courses from the colleges. Thus, for such students, there are distance learning courses, which provide the students with education in the far away places also.
These days, almost all the
colleges in India, provide distance learning courses in most of the education fields. Also, there are many colleges, which specialise in distance learning courses and facilitate the students with all the study material. In distance education, the college or the university send the books to the students, once they get themselves enrolled in the respective college. There are many education centres, which most of the universities have in different cities, where the students can take admission in distance learning courses of the universities. The books and the enrolment number can also be taken by the students by these centres only.
The availability of the distance learning courses helps the students to acquire the degree of whichever college or university they want to, from any state or city. Distance learning has made it possible for the students to pursue their education, by working simultaneously. Most of the students have been seen opting for distance learning courses at the post graduate level, which in large number of cases is management degrees. Indian Institute of Business Management and Studies, IIBMS is one of the institutes which specialises in providing distance learning in management courses. The institute has diploma, post graduate diploma,
MBA and many other management courses, which it offers to its students. Following are the list of other universities, and colleges, which provides distance learning courses to its students:
v Indira Gandhi National open University
v Department of Distance Education, Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar
v ICFAI University
v Institute of Distance Education Jiwaji University, MP
v Sikkim Manipal University
v Annamalai University
v Barkatullah University-Institute of Open and Distance Education, MP
v Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning
v Indian Institute of Commerce and Trade
v Osmania University
v Nalanda Open University (NOU)
v University of Madras Institute of Distance Education
These institutes have education centres across the country, which also provide evening or weekend classes to its students. The exams for these institutes are done depending on the duration and the length of the term a particular course. The importance of the degrees, these days, has made the concept of distance learning all the more popular and prominent. Due to unavailability of time, and the race to earn money, people opt for distance learning courses. Below is the list of few of the master's courses through distance learning, provided by the universities in India:
v Masters in Business Management
v Masters in Computer Application
v Masters of Foreign Trade
v Masters of Financial Management
v Masters of Human Resource Management
v Masters of Information Sciences
v Masters of Finance and Control
v Masters of Mass Communication
v Masters of Insurance Business
v Masters of Public Administration
Other than these master courses, the universities also provide distance learning courses at graduation level. Delhi University also has correspondence courses, which allows the students to study sitting at their home and grabbing the degrees. Therefore the distance learning courses helps the students to keep studying while working and earning a livelihood.
Colleges for distance education in India
By: Shiksha
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