(News) Now Learn At IIT Through Distance Education
NEWS : Now learn at IIT through distance education
If
you have failed to make it to an Indian Institute of Technology, don't lose
heart. You can still access it through distance education.
Premier institutions like Indian Institutes of Technology will soon be able to
offer its post graduate courses through distance learning. Some of the IITs are
examining the patterns of foreign universities to design the course module. The
Human Resource and Development Ministry has prepared a blueprint to offer
masters from the premier institutes through distance learning. Seven IITs are
collaborating for the national programme of technology enhanced learning on a
trial basis by developing curriculum-based video and web courses. Some 140
courses are in various stages of preparation and distribution through the
internet.
"These courses will be available to students who have diploma in technical
education. Students who have done bachelors in technical education from any
university can also pursue post graduate web courses from these premier
institutes", sources in the ministry said.
The Distance Education Council (DEC) will be the overall regulatory body for
distance education program.
The virtual campus to be set up at a cost of over Rs 1,500 crore over the next
three to four years and it will enable students who could not make it to the
premier institutes of technology to bag an IIT-equivalent degree online.
Courtesy : economictimes.indiatimes.com
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