Profile 2010 - IGNOU

Planning and Development
Division
Phone : 011- 29533139
Fax : 011- 29534228
E-mail : pdd@ignou.ac.in
As the planning and monitoring wing of the University,
this Division has the following objectives :
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to optimize the utilization of national resources for
the Open and Distance Learning System;
to set short term and long term goals for the growth
of the University; and
to instil Total Quality Management (TQM) in all
areas of IGNOU’s operations.
As such, the Division looks after the following activities:
Five Year Plan and Annual Plans: The Division
coordinates with other divisions, schools and the
Distance Education Council, and prepares different
plan documents, such as the perspective plans, Five
Year Plans, and Annual Plans for IGNOU and the
Open Education System of the country.
Planning Board: The Division convenes the
meetings of the Planning Board and its standing
committee, the Academic Programme Committee.
Research Studies and Data/Information Analysis:
In order to strengthen the plans, policies, academic
and support services of the University, the Division
periodically undertakes research studies and data/
information analysis in the areas of economics of
education.
Database and Management Information System:
The Division maintains a database and Management
Information System of policy decision support. The
requisite data, along with its analysis and information,
is provided to all internal and external agencies. The
information is also used for responding to all queries
in the Parliament pertaining to IGNOU.
Cost Analysis and Assigning Codes: The Division
carries out delivery cost analysis for new
programmes, and assigns programme codes as well
as colour codes for the various academic programmes
of the University.
Projects: The Division functions as the nodal agency
for externally funded projects for its proper
coordination and handling of various activities
connected with the project(s).
Memorandum of Understanding/Collaboration/
Cooperation (MoU/MoC/MoCoop): The Division
acts as a nodal agency to serve Schools of Studies
and Divisions for processing, vetting, devising
and contextualizing the Memorandum of
Understanding (MoUs), Memorandum of
Collaborations (MoCs), Memorandum of Cooperation
(MoCoop) and/or agreements that IGNOU is signing
with an agency/institution or organisation.
Sharing of IGNOU Study Material: The selfinstructional
study material is made available to
State Open Universities (SOUs), Distance Education
Institutes (DEIs) and other institutions through bulk
purchase or by agreements for reproduction,
adaptation and translation rights on the payment of
license fee. The Division coordinates this activity on
behalf of IGNOU.
Regional Services Division
Phone : 011- 29532118
Fax : 011- 29533062
E-mail : ignoursd@yahoo.com
The Regional Services Division (RSD) has the
responsibility of developing policies, systems and
procedures for the establishment and management of
regional centres (RCs) and learner support centres (LSCs).
The University has established 61 regional centres, each
with an area of jurisdiction, which may be an entire state
or selected districts in the same region. In addition, the
University has established around 11 recognised regional
centres for the Indian Armed Forces and Assam Rifles.
They provide effective network support to the personnel
of these forces availing higher education from IGNOU.
The learner support centres are known by different
names depending on the specific role they play, such as
regular study centres, programme study centres, special
study centres, recognised study centres, tele-learning
centers, skill development centres and partner institutions.
These are usually located in educational institutions and
are meant for IGNOU`s counselling activities on
weekends. The University provides for all support services
at these centres for learners who wish to avail of these
services though the attendance at counseling sessions is
not mandatory except for the practical component. At
present the University has around 3000 learner support
centres including those for the Armed Forces, partner
institutions and down-linking centres (The distribution
of these centres is given in Appendix-3.)
For extending access to education to more people,
IGNOU also has centres in collaboration with various
groups like Confederation of NGOs of Rural India
(CNRI), Jan Shiksha Sansthan (JSS), ICFAI, etc. Further,
for providing access to persons in the economically and
educationally backward blocks (EEBB), given by the
Sachar Committee, IGNOU has opened special centres
Profile 2010