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Text Box: Distance and open education system was started as an innovative strategy to reach the unreached and to take higher education to the doorstep without challenging the benefits and effectiveness of conventional education system. Distance education emerged as a highly technical and unique system of education out of the concept of “university without wall” is now accepted as one of the most significant means of educational justice. It can meet the diverse needs of different sections of the society in general and of deprived groups in particular. In the distance education system, we aim at teaching, guiding and supporting the students through innovative course materials, counseling and contact programmes. Distance education mode is an effective way of providing higher education even to unreached people living in remote areas both in conventional subjects and the professional, technical and vocational discipline. Keeping in view the diversity of learners’ background of this region, directorate of distance education, Magadh University, Bodh-Gaya trying its best to reach the people living in remotest destination, working people and those want to achieve excellence in education. I am sure that distance education system of Magadh University will prove to be a boon for lacs of in-service people, women and various unattended sections of the society, particularly residing in remote areas of our country. I wish every distant learner to be the real receiver of knowledge and enjoy distance education. Prof. B. N. Pandey Text Box: VICE-CHANCELLOR’S PAGE

Prof. B. N. Pandey

Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor

Magadh University,

Bodh-Gaya (Bihar)
Text Box: It gives me immense pleasure to write a few words on the newly established Directorate of Distance Education of Magadh University offering several vocational and professional courses through the distance mode of learning to such students of the country in general and the State of Bihar in particular, who have not been able to continue their education in conventional institutions due to various constraints and under special circumstances. Open learning programmer is for those who pursue higher studies as day boarders because either they are employed or self-employed in jobs, which do not permit them to do so, but are still desirous to upgrade their educational attainment, The students of the State of Bihar are migrating to other states for these courses, causing them and their parents too much inconvenience, leading to huge expenditure in the form of course fee, boarding and lodging, etc. Only a small chunk of students can afford to have regular courses in other states. Keeping in view the existing infrastructure of the University, perceiving the constraints faced by many aspirants of higher education in pursuing studies in face-to-face mode, the Directorate of Distance Education, Magadh University, Bodh-Gaya has been established by adopting all necessary technical formalities. The Directorate has introduced sixteen vocational and professional courses under distance learning mode under the dynamic leadership of a visionary, vibrant, dedicated, committed and a renowned psychologist, Dr. Shamshad Hussain (Professor Emeritus), Vice Chancellor, Magadh University, Bodh-Gaya and the former Vice-Chancellor of Nalanda Open University, Bihar and former Director, DDE of Patna University. The Directorate will provide opportunity of education of highly professional venture to persons in service, people living in remote areas, students unable to continue education in regular mode owing to various constraints, unprivileged, downtrodden, un reached female population of the society who cannot afford to continue higher education through conventional mode. It will be failing on my part if I do not mention the efforts made by Prof. Bimal Kumar, Registrar who also visualized the need of the distance education system right in the beginning when he took over the charge of Magadh University and extended all his cooperation towards establishment of Directorate of Distance Education with the objective to spread and bring the quality education at the doorstep. In this context at the initial stage the efforts made by Dr. M. 0. Mustafa the then Registrar, M.U. towards the development of vocational courses are also to be acknowledged. The blessings and encouragement of Dr. R. P. Sharma, Pro-Vice Chancellor is also to be acknowledged and put on record who always exhibited his enthusiasm towards the functioning of the Directorate. We invite you all to lend your active cooperation to enable the Directorate to meet the new challenges of spreading higher education and to reach the un reached with the quality at par with the best available any where in the country. We deeply acknowledge the encouragement and cooperation extended by Co-ordinator, College Development Council, Financial Advisor, Finance Officer, Proctor, Dean, Students F Welfare, Inspector Colleges, Principals of Colleges where Study Centres have initially been opened with their whole-hearted co-operation and other officials and my colleagues in the Dept. of Psychology, who always came forward to render their full support to me in the effort during the establishment of the Directorate. We place our gratitude on record for the cooperation extended by the members of different statutory bodies of the University, Department of Higher Education, Govt. of Bihar, the Chancellor’s Secretariat, Inter University Board and Distance Education Council, New Delhi for making our dream a reality towards establishing the Directorate offering a host of vocational courses through distance education. My thanks also goes to Md. Salahuddin Khan, P. A. to the Vice-Chancellor, Sri. P. K. Rukhaiyar incharge meeting section and S. M. Obaidulla, Legal Section who took all pains in organizing and expediting the regulations of the courses at all stages. Once again I, in the capacity of Director, extend a warm welcome to all the aspirants, who are keen to join vocational and professional programmes of study through our Directorate of Distance Education and wish a successful career to the mall. Text Box: DIRECTOR’S PAGE

Dr. M. Israil Khan

Director, DDE

Magadh University

MAGADH UNIVERSITY

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