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Open varsities must unite to develop study material
'SELF STUDY materials are the finest study materials in the world. It is a tough task to prepare practical-oriented and skill developing study material for the students. All the open universities must join hands to meet the challenge of development of such material.'
'SELF STUDY materials are the finest study materials in the world. It is a tough task to prepare practical-oriented and skill developing study material for the students. All the open universities must join hands to meet the challenge of development of such material.'
These views were expressed by Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University Kota, Vice-Chancellor Prof V Vyas while speaking as the chief guest at the symposium on " Significance of self-study material in distance education" organised by Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University (UPRTOU) here on Wednesday.
According to Prof Vyas distance education is based on self study material and the result is directly related to the study material supplied to the students. Thus clear and useful norms should be formulated to check the usefulness of the prepared study materials. He said that substantial commercialisation of education has been noticed in the present times and education is being treated as a commodity.
Prof Vyas said that preparation of skill development courses is an uphill task for the traditional universities whereas open universities can easily run courses on skill and personality development which is an essential feature of open universities in the era of globalisation. Proper attention given during the preparation of self study material for skill development courses will help the students excel in the market.
Speaking on the occasion UPRTOU Vice-Chancellor Prof Kedar Nath Singh Yadav emphasised on the significance of self-study materials prepared by the open university among the competitive students. He said that the demand of self-study material of the varsity has increased a lot among the civil services aspirants. He said that traditional education can not meet the requirement of the country and open and distance education system is the only option left to propagate education among masses.
Prof Vyas released the study material prepared by UPRTOU for MA (political science) second semester. Prof Yadav presented a memento to Prof Vyas on the occasion . The programme was conducted by Dr Harish Chandra Agarwal while Dr Arjun Tiwari proposed a vote of thanks.
Among those present on the occasion were Prof SP Gupta, Prof AN Dwivedi, Dr Ruchi Bajpai, Prof RB Singh, Prof KP Singh, KD Singh, Dr Anil Kumar Singh Bhadoria, Prabhat Chandra Mishra and several teachers and guides.
