'Mobile Study Centres have increased student participation' - IGNOU VC
New Delhi: "The Mobile Study Centre scheme of Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) takes off the ground", announced Prof. V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice Chancellor of IGNOU on Sunday. Speaking about the Mobile Study Centres of IGNOU, Prof. Pillai said: "The scheme has resulted in enhanced participation of students as per initial expectations. As per information, the scheme has resulted in student attendance up to 80 percent. The Dindori Study Centre of Madhya Pradesh has been converted into a mobile study centre. This is for the Bachelor's Preparatory Programme (BPP) of IGNOU in which students shall get counseling. The idea of Mobile Study Centre had originated, keeping in view the criteria of cost effectiveness as well as enhancing the access of education to the underprivileged sections of the society. Since Dindori is the most backward district in our region in terms of infrastructure as well as poverty, it was selected for the initiation of this project....