April 25, 2008
Now learn at IIT through distance education
Chronicle Editor @ Apr 25, 2008
NEW DELHI: 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. |
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