IGNOU setting up new institute of education in Nagaland
February 21st, 2010 - 6:41 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is setting up a new institute called the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education and Development (MGIDE) in Nagaland, where it will offer an on-campus master’s degree course on social work beginning July this year.
The MGIDE is being set up in collaboration with Nagaland Gandhi Ashram (NGA) in Chuchuyimlang, Nagaland. The campus is coming up on 20 acres of land donated by the Village Council of Chuchuyimlang, a varsity spokesman said Sunday.
The proposed campus will consist of the School of Social Work, School of Agricultural Development, School of Teacher’s Training, Community College, Cultural Resource and Training Centre, and Naga Arts and Crafts and Study Centre with Gandhi Museum.
“The course will be a face-to-face post-graduate programme in social work. The MSW programme is expected to be launched from the July 2010 session,” the spokesman said.
The programme envisages an interdisciplinary approach to education and development. Its thrust is to prepare professionals to promote social welfare and development at the micro and macro levels.
It will include ICT enabled learning and full- fledged library support and regular faculty under the scheme called Educational Development of the North East (EDNERU). Virtual classrooms will also be used to broadcast lectures from Delhi, directly to students at the MGIDE campus.
The School for Social work within the MGIDE campus will be called Mahatma Gandhi Centre of Social Work. Professor R.R. Singh, former director of Tata Institute of Social Sciences and professor of School of Social Work, Delhi University, will coordinate and monitor the activities.
IGNOU is the largest open university in the world with a student base of over 2.5 million students accross 35 countries.
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