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Upskilling the Community

Launched on July 4, 2009, the Community College Scheme has taken significant strides towards providing training in the areas of upskilling, leading to gainful employment of the successful students.

Teaching the Arts

With the fine arts industry emerging parallel to the mainstream sectors, the demand for artists is growing in both professional and academic areas. Identifying this trend, the niversity’s School of Per forming and Visual Arts (SOPVA) has taken several initiatives to broaden the avenues of learners’ employability and contribute to skill development in this sector.

Enabling Indian Forces

IGNOU’s Army and Air Force Community College Projects are important steps towards mainstreaming one of the largest defence work force in the world under the ambit of higher education, by recognising the skills/prior learning of 12 lakh soldiers in the Indian Army and 1.5 lakh Airmen in the Indian Air Force, for awarding them Certificate, Diploma, Associate Degree and Bachelor’s Degree.

Disability cell soon at IGNOU

The National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS) is planning to set up a cell at the University campus to train in-service mainstream teachers in disability issues.

Channelising Youth Force

India’s strength lies in its youth population and therefore, it is imperative to channelise this force in such a manner that they play a productive role in enhancing the growing Indian economy.

Filling the Skill Gaps

"There is a compelling need to launch a world class skill development programme in Mission mode that will address the challenge of imparting the skills required by a growing economy. Both the structure and the leadership of the Mission must be such that the programme can be scaled up quickly to cover the whole country.”

From The Vice Chancellor

The Student Evaluation Division (SED) of IGNOU has created history in completing the evaluation and result declaration of over three lakh students, who appeared for the December 2010 examination, in less than 45 days.

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