Now, the world largest university Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), is going to open its study centres in six European nations, including France and Germany.IGNOU will open its centre in Paris next month. Negotiation is going on with Germany. May be, at the end of this year study centre in Germany will start. The target is to open five-six centres in Europe by July 2011.
The Netherlands and Austria are other European countries where IGNOU, is considering to open study centres. It already has a centre in London.IGNOU would also offer personalized courses in Gandhian studies and some Indian languages such as Sanskrit through its new study centres in Europe, apart from the regular courses.
Discussion are going on with several institutes in the US, Australia and Europe to develop personalized courses. It will be done because of the needs of partner institutes.IGNOU’S fee is quite low as compare to other universities in the developed countries. Therefore IGNOU is planning to change fees structure for courses offered outside India.
IGNOU has presence in 35 countries through 56 study centres. Over 42,000 students are enrolled at its overseas centres. More than 90 percent of them are the people of India origin.The number of student enrolments in the last four years at the university has almost trebled. Presently there are 3.2 million active enrollments.
IGNOU courses were also become popular in Africa and the Gulf region. Many African universities approached IGNOU for collaboration. It is also planning to introduce e-books within six months to increase the popularity of e-learning. The university is also thinking on introducing video-conferencing facilities for all its 56 overseas study centres within a few months.
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