Importance Of Distance Education

Education worldwide is transforming rapidly at local, national and international levels. There are many driving factors fueling increased demand for  distance education (DE) across the globe:

the growing importance of the flow and aggregation of knowledge; political initiatives for inclusion and wider access to higher education; expanding markets and increased international competition; the mobilization of skilled labour regional integration and globalization processes that provide scope for professional mobility and greater potential for cross-border movement of goods, services, capital and persons; the consequent growing demand for relevant continuing education and training, or what is known as lifelong learning; diversification of higher education providers; and The continuous development of information and communication technologies heralding new approaches to education delivery.

Objectives:

Distance Education is an established and recognized mode of education which is in consonance with changing socio-economic needs and emerging demands of the knowledge era. The principal objectives of the Distance Education Courses  are : To provide, subject to fulfillment of minimum eligibility criteria and other requirements as may be prescribed by the University from time to time, wider access to higher education to persons of all ages and sex residing in any part of the country - particularly to working persons - who, for different reasons, cannot undergo the higher courses of studies as regular full-time students of the University. To provide a system of student-centered self-paced learning which will neither be entirely separate from nor wholly independent of the formal, full-time campus system of education as traditionally followed in University departments of studies. To provide means of improvement / up gradation of professional skills and competence of individuals who enjoy to take education as a life-long activity. To ensure, as far as feasible, appropriate value addition to career prospect of the studies in the context of prevailing market opportunities.  Through Distance learning they can: Reach a wider student audience Provide opportunity to students who are unable to attend on-campus classes Involve outside speakers who would otherwise be unavailable Link students from different social, cultural, economic, and experiential backgrounds Bharathiar University(School Of Distance Education): The University named after the great national poet Subramania Bharathi is enshrined with the motto “Educate to Elevate”. In the University, every effort is harnessed to realize his dream of making educational institutions as temple of learning. It is the aim of the University to participate in the task of inculcating necessary Knowledge, Skills and Creative Attitudes and values among the youth of the country to contribute more effectively towards establishing an equitable social and economic and secular ideal of our nation. Edureach in association with Bharathiar University, Coimbatore is providing Distance Education. For Further Details Contact: EDUREACH,NAGPUR 09891654954,08237025361.