Profile 2010 - IGNOU

portal for providing on-sight support to teachers
and teacher educators in content upgradation,
contextual and pedagogical issues.
DEP-SSA has been providing technical support to several
states on the state initiated need-based activities in
designing, developing and implementing training modules
for stakeholders under SSA.
DEP-SSA also undertakes research and impact analysis
studies for improving its interventions from time to time.
Educational Development of the
North East Region Unit (EDNERU)
Phone : 011-29534034, 011-29572413
Fax : 011-29534995
E-mail : jkurup@ignou.ac.in
This unit has been created by IGNOU with the objectives
of:
creating educational access in the North East region
by establishing a network of learner support centres
across the region;
using ICT to overcome geographical constraints;
bridging physical distances in reaching out to remote
and inaccessible areas; and
planning and implementing need based
entrepreneurship development and training
programmes to increase employment opportunities
for the youth of the region.
Through its various educational activities, IGNOU has
been constantly striving for the development of human
resource in the NE region by contributing to a holistic
planning of education and vocational skills. This is
being undertaken in consonance with the regional ethos
and the requirements of the region.
Women making incense sticks at an Entrepreneurship Development
workshop organised by the Regional Centre, Agartala
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There has been a steady increase in the
enrolment figures of the University in the region
over the years. With over 42000 students enrolled in
various programmes of the University in 2009, there has
been an increase of 18% from the previous year. At
present, the network in the North-East includes 9 regional
centres and 430 learner support centres.
In addition to the regular academic programmes of the
University, initiatives have also been taken to develop
value added, tailor made courses which have demand
in the job market, in areas such as, Beekeeping,
Handmade Paper Making, Interior Design, Diabetes Care
Education, Electrical Wiring, Digital Photography and
Manufacture of Leather Goods. The University also
conducts several extension, skill development,
entrepreneurship and vocational training programmes in
different states of the Region, under the aegis of its
regional centres to enhance the employability and selfreliance
of the youth of the region in various sectors of
the region`s economy.
Several regional and state level seminars/workshops/
conferences on areas of relevance to the NE Region are
also held periodically. The Scheme of Convergence of
ODL and the Conventional Systems has enlisted a large
number of institutions under its purview in the North
East region. The Community College Scheme of IGNOU
is also in the process of being implemented in the
region.
One of the foremost initiatives undertaken this year by
this unit has been the operationalisation of the four
special institutes, which were established in the NE
region as a novel initiative with the objective of
contributing towards the professional development of
the people of the region. Details of these institutes are
given in this Profile under the section on Centres.
i) IGNOU Institute for Vocational Education and
Training, Shillong;
ii) North-East Centre for Research and Development,
Guwahati;
iii) IGNOU Institute for Professional Competency
Advancement of Teachers through ODL,
Guwahati;
iv) IGNOU Centre for ODL in Research and Training
in Agriculture, Agartala.
e-GyanKosh
Phone : 011-29571923
E-mail : ukanjilal@ignou.ac.in,
support@egyankosh.ac.in
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