A Socio-cultural Study Of Open And Distance Education In India

Open and Distance Education (ODE) is a significant medium of knowledge development. India is known for its biggest and largest democracy worldwide. India has tried to develop its education system for all communities so that there is no hindrance and everybody can access it easily. The county is now coping with all the challenges of knowledge upgrading through ODE system. It was 1985 since the Government of India established IGNOU at a national level. Open and Distance Education has now attuned to a pride of place in the world. This mode of learning in today’s world is not only an alternative to formal education but also a cost and time-effective way of getting knowledge too. A large number of students can acquire degrees like diplomas, under and post-graduation in various fields of education. In this paper, researchers have analyzed how this open distance education has become an investable and important part of our life and how to develop open and distance education programmes in India.