Handbook Volume I - VMOU, Kota

APPENDIX-I : DEFINITIONS
Study Centres: Study Centres (SCs) are locations where most of the face-to-face
interaction between teachers (tutors/academic counsellors) and learners of an open
university takes place. Apart from organizing the face-to-face sessions, SCs provide
library, audio-video and classroom support, besides the necessary information
services to the learners and to the public as and when required. SCs are generally
part-time establishments located generally in full-fledged existing conventional
institutions.
(1) Information Centres: Information Centre is a local centre of the
University. It is located at district or highly populated city level
where study centers are not opened by the University, to intimate
students about the academic activities of the university.
(2) Basic Information Centres: Basic Information centre is a
University centre which is located at the tehsil level to facilitate to
students to get admission forms and clarification of queries of the
students about the academic programmes of the University.
(3) Special Study Centres: Special Study Centres are opened for a
special category of learners like women’s study centre.
(4) Satellite Study Centres: Satellite Study Centres are likely to
become full-fledged study centres of the University. These centres
are opened for military areas for military personnel.
(5) Chief Coordinator: Chief Coordinator is the head of the unit
where the study centre is located.
(6) Coordinator: Coordinator is in charge of the study centre and
looks after the study centre counsellor of the academic
programmes, run by the University.
Term-End Examination: It refers to end-of -the- course/programme test to make
some kind of formal judgment about the performance of the learner giving marks or
grades. Term-end examination is a kind of summative evaluation.
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