MAGADH UNIVERSITY

DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION

Text Box: BIHAR is a densely populated State with a population of over 9 crores, having a very low literacy rate in comparison to other States. As such, it is essential that Bihar makes an all out efforts to leap forward in spreading education and improving its performance on the literacy front. The State has, now, about 2700 high-schools, including 10+2 schools and 12 State run Universities. Every year, over 6 lakh students appear at the Secondary School Examination and nearly 70 percent of them get through. However, not all of them can get accommodated for higher education in institutions of conventional learning. Therefore, the system of education in distance mode has to play a major role in meeting the aspirations of this group of students, who are denied admission in conventional institutions. By providing them opportunities for higher studies through the distance mode of education, it would be possible to strengthen higher education in the State of Bihar. The Directorate of Distance Education has been established with the permission of the State Govt. of Bihar. The Regulations of various courses have been prepared and finalised by the statutory bodies of the University and approved by the Inter University Board (Bihar) and assented to by His Excellency the Governor and Chancellor of the Universities of Bihar. The Directorate of Distance Education offers courses in higher learning through distance mode of education to such students of the country in general, and the State of Bihar in particular, who have been denied admission in conventional institutions or who are unable to study there as day boarders, but are still desirous to upgrade their educational attainments. The courses offered by the DDE, Magadh University are innovative, job oriented and self satisfying and designed for independent learners who receive study materials and support from the Directorate and from the Study Centres. Students require commitment and motivation to ensure that the quality of educational performance is maintained at high level. OBJECTIVES The Directorate of Distance Education, Magadh University, Bodh-Gaya aims at providing opportunity of education to persons in service, people living in remote areas, students unable to continue education in regular mode owing to geographical settings of this region unprivileged downtrodden section of the society specially women who cannot afford to continue higher education through conventional mode The main objectives of the Directorate are as follows: To introduce professional & vocational courses fort he benefit of the people who can not avail the opportunities to attend a regular class in face to face mode. To inculcate interest for education and knowledge in the masses. To make education economical and convenient as far as possible. To create quality study material in different disciplines in the larger interest of the knowledge hunters. To extend academic and professional help and counseling to the incumbents on learning, training and occupational fronts. To provide the convenience of study along side the work engagements. To provide benefits of education to each and everyone and everywhere specially to socially and economically deprived section of society working men & women defense personnel, etc to enable them to unfold their potentialities.

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