The Bachelor of Education (BEd) programme has been embroiled in controversy since the last couple of years over a slew of reasons that led to an alarming drop in its popularity, as far as traditional universities in Maharashtra are concerned. Even the high court had put restrictions on opening up of new colleges due to vacant seats due to their mushrooming in state.
Interestingly, the picture is completely different as far as the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is concerned. The world's largest open university has received a whooping response of 9,200 applications for its 900 seats of the same course in the Nagpur region.
The university has also received good response for its BSc (Nursing) and MBA courses which are imparted through correspondence. It received 80 applications for 60 seats for the former and 900 for the latter.
The Delhi-head quartered university will be conducting an entrance test on Sunday for admission to all three professional courses and the hall tickets were already dispatched to the eligible candidates.
IGNOU regional director P Sivaswaroop told TOI that they were getting an overwhelming response to these professional courses as correspondence programmes are gaining popularity nowadays. "Teachers working in private schools are attracted more towards BEd correspondence course as they can pursue it from home which saves their valuable time. They can continue working and obtain degree," he informed.
He added that mobility was an ensured advantage as the university's branches are spread up in every nook and corner of the country. "These courses are a boon for the students who aim to learn and earn simultaneously," Sivaswaroop said.
The BEd entrance test will be conducted across 20 centres located in Nagpur, Gadchiroli, Chandrapur, Amravati, Pusad (Yavatmal), Nanded, Akola, Kalamnuri (Hingoli) and Deulgaon Raja (Buldhana). The city centres are - Saraswati Vidyalaya, Institute of Science and Dhanwate National College (DNC) - and test will start from 2pm.
The MBA test will be held at Nagpur, Amravati, Chandrapur and Nanded at 10am while the BSc (nursing) test will be carried out at 2pm in Nagpur only. The city centre for both these exams is Saraswati Vidyalaya. IGNOU offers over 500 programmes starting from certificate to PhD courses but not all of them offer direct admissions.
An IGNOU student Abhijeet Bose was of the view that the institution provides a big platform for obtaining multiple qualifications. "Apart from our regular courses, we can continue pursuing other courses side-by-side, which helps in saving our precious year," he said.
He added that the IGNOU provides a worldwide recognized degree and helpline numbers to clear doubts.
"Moreover, attendance is absolutely not an issue as the classes are held weekly," he added.
Interestingly, the picture is completely different as far as the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is concerned. The world's largest open university has received a whooping response of 9,200 applications for its 900 seats of the same course in the Nagpur region.
The university has also received good response for its BSc (Nursing) and MBA courses which are imparted through correspondence. It received 80 applications for 60 seats for the former and 900 for the latter.
The Delhi-head quartered university will be conducting an entrance test on Sunday for admission to all three professional courses and the hall tickets were already dispatched to the eligible candidates.
IGNOU regional director P Sivaswaroop told TOI that they were getting an overwhelming response to these professional courses as correspondence programmes are gaining popularity nowadays. "Teachers working in private schools are attracted more towards BEd correspondence course as they can pursue it from home which saves their valuable time. They can continue working and obtain degree," he informed.
He added that mobility was an ensured advantage as the university's branches are spread up in every nook and corner of the country. "These courses are a boon for the students who aim to learn and earn simultaneously," Sivaswaroop said.
The BEd entrance test will be conducted across 20 centres located in Nagpur, Gadchiroli, Chandrapur, Amravati, Pusad (Yavatmal), Nanded, Akola, Kalamnuri (Hingoli) and Deulgaon Raja (Buldhana). The city centres are - Saraswati Vidyalaya, Institute of Science and Dhanwate National College (DNC) - and test will start from 2pm.
The MBA test will be held at Nagpur, Amravati, Chandrapur and Nanded at 10am while the BSc (nursing) test will be carried out at 2pm in Nagpur only. The city centre for both these exams is Saraswati Vidyalaya. IGNOU offers over 500 programmes starting from certificate to PhD courses but not all of them offer direct admissions.
An IGNOU student Abhijeet Bose was of the view that the institution provides a big platform for obtaining multiple qualifications. "Apart from our regular courses, we can continue pursuing other courses side-by-side, which helps in saving our precious year," he said.
He added that the IGNOU provides a worldwide recognized degree and helpline numbers to clear doubts.
"Moreover, attendance is absolutely not an issue as the classes are held weekly," he added.
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