GLOBALISING EDUCATION: THE INTERSECTION OF VIKASIT BHARATH AND ODL

The present endeavour explores Vikasit Bharath's concept and its synergistic relationship with open and distance learning in an attempt to globalise the education. ODL is necessary for assuring that everyone has access to high-quality education, thus helping India to reach its objectives of Vikasit Bharat and educational globalisation. The ODL platform offers flexible, reasonably priced, individually paced education by using modern digital technologies including e-learning platforms, digital media, virtual classrooms, self-learning materials, and others, so closing the accessibility gap for working women, rural students, and people with physical disabilities. Apart from providing many students with a sustainable educational experience, ODL is beyond physical infrastructure limits. Though ongoing issues like the digital divide and quality control persist, innovative initiatives by governments, improvements to digital infrastructure, and intra- and corporate partnerships at the national and international levels may serve to address ODL education. The ODL's initiatives to transform education using academic skills and competencies, development trends, adaptable dissemination strategies, contact sessions with self-study packages, and other teaching-learning tools will be addressed in this paper. Increasing access to inclusive, skill-oriented, lifelong education would help to link the worldwide educational ecosystem greatly as India moves to a knowledge-based economy.