TNN | Mar 2, 2020, 04.35 AM IST
Panaji: Around a 100 programmes offered by the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) can be pursued free of cost by students coming from the SC and ST communities, however, the awareness about this facility is low in Goa. The IGNOU regional centre is now looking to tie-up with the state commission working with these disadvantaged sections to get beneficiaries for these free programmes.
Assistant regional director G Shrinivas told TOI that Canacona and Pernem will be the focus areas. IGNOU’s regional centre in the state is looking to up its numbers of SC and ST students when the next admission cycle arrives in June.
“There are 100 plus graduate, diploma and certificate programmes offered by IGNOU for which not a single rupee is charged from students belongng to SC/ST communities. We want to reach out to these students in Goa in a bigger way,” Shrinivas said.
The regional centre of IGNOU established in 2009 in Panaji, has four districts covering Goa, Karnataka and Maharashtra under its jurisdiction.
“I also want to tie-up with the Goa Human Resource Development Corporation, which places youngsters who have completed Class XII. They can be easily helped to upgrade their educational qualifications so they can aspire for upward mobility. Even companies can be roped in to fund their education as part of the CSR initiative,” Shrinivas said.
IGNOU has two admission cycles every ear and offers about 228 certificate, diploma, degree and doctoral programmes.
Assistant regional director G Shrinivas told TOI that Canacona and Pernem will be the focus areas. IGNOU’s regional centre in the state is looking to up its numbers of SC and ST students when the next admission cycle arrives in June.
“There are 100 plus graduate, diploma and certificate programmes offered by IGNOU for which not a single rupee is charged from students belongng to SC/ST communities. We want to reach out to these students in Goa in a bigger way,” Shrinivas said.
The regional centre of IGNOU established in 2009 in Panaji, has four districts covering Goa, Karnataka and Maharashtra under its jurisdiction.
“I also want to tie-up with the Goa Human Resource Development Corporation, which places youngsters who have completed Class XII. They can be easily helped to upgrade their educational qualifications so they can aspire for upward mobility. Even companies can be roped in to fund their education as part of the CSR initiative,” Shrinivas said.
IGNOU has two admission cycles every ear and offers about 228 certificate, diploma, degree and doctoral programmes.
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