IGNOU RC Jaipur : An Introduction

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IGNOU RC Jaipur An Introduction

• Indira Gandhi National Open University,
  Regional Centre for Rajasthan was established on
  16th December 1987 in Kota vide statue of section
  5 (2) xxxi of IGNOU Act, and later in 1990 this
  Regional Centre office was shifted to Jaipur, the
  State capital of Rajasthan. From 1990 to April,
  2002 it functioned from rented office premises.
  It was on 1st May, 2002 that we were able to
  shift to IGNOUs own RC Building. Since the
  inception of this Centre number of Study Centres
  and Programs have been steadily increasing. At
  present there are 50 Study Centres of IGNOU
  located in different institutions of higher
  learning / NGOs in various parts of the State of
  Rajasthan.
• Out of the 32 districts we have been able to
  establish IGNOU Study Centres in 21 Districts so
  far. Now 11 districts, mainly from the Western
  the Eastern Rajasthan remain to be covered.
  Despite this substantial increase in the number
  of Study Centres from 4 in 1987 to 50 in 2006 and
  student registration from 1249 in 1991 to over
  17000 now we do not have all the sanctioned staff
  to cope effectively with the increased work.

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Important Facts about Rajasthan IGNOU in
Rajasthan

• Population of Rajasthan as per 2001 Census is
  Census is 5,64,73,122
• 
  Male 29,381,657
• 
  Female 27,091,465
• Literacy Rate 61.03
• Male Literacy rate 66
• Female Literacy rate 34
• Total No. of Districts in the State of
  Rajasthan 32
• No. of Districts where IGNOU has its Study
  Centres 21
• No of Distts yet to be covered by IGNOU Study
  Centres 11
• ( Churu, Dausa, Bharatpur, Barmer,
  Dhaulpur, Karoali,
• Tonk, Baran, Jhalawar, Dungarpur,
  Rajsamand.)
• Total No. of IGNOU Study Centres in Rajasthan
  50
• Regular Study Centres 15
• Programme Study Centres 20
• Special Study Centres 14
• Partner Institute 01

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District-wise Enrolment in 2006 Vis-a-viz
Population
Total Population of Rajasthan 56473102 Literacy
Rate 61.03 Male Female 66 34 Urban
Rural 54 46 SC ST 08 22 Empl.
Unempl. 40 60
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Enrolment Status 2000- 2006
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Enrolment Status
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• Explanation
• The Innermost Circle represents Number of
  Districts in Six Zones of Rajasthan.
• The Middle Circle represents the Number. of
  Study Centres in each zone.
• The Outermost Circle represents the Student
  Enrolment in each zone.

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Achievements ( 2001 2006 )

• Established 08 Programme Study Centres for B.Ed.
  03 for Computer Programmes 02 for SAVINI
  01 for M.Sc. (DFSM) 01 for Diploma in Value
  Added Products from Fruits Vegetables in the
  State Institute of Agriculture Management ,
  Jaipur .
• Established one Special Study Centre at Forestry
  Training Institute (FTI), Jaipur in
  Collaboration with the Forest Environment
  department of the Government of Rajasthan for
  promotion of Environment programmes of IGNOU .
• Established 02 Regular Study Centres One in the
  Govt. Bangur P.G. College, Pali another one in
  the Govt. P.G. College, Sirohi. Both were opened
  recently in 2006
• 11 Direct Receiving Systems (DRS) at IGNOU Study
  Centres and 06 Edusat Terminals (SITs) have been
  successfully installed in Rajasthan region One
  at the Regional Centre 03 at IGNOU Study Centres
  Udaipur(2302), Bikaner (2305), SriGanganagar
  (2310) 01 in Vardhman Mahavir Open University
  (VMOU), Kota and 01 in NCTE, Jaipur.

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• 50 ROTs have been installed in fifty Govt
  Primary/Upper Primary Schools for betterment of
  elementary education in Rajasthan under the
  Rajiv Gandhi Edusat Supported Elementary
  Education Project, Jabalpur . And , 15 more
  ROTs and 02 SITs have been sanctioned recently .
• Transmission of IGNOU Gyan Vani FM Radio,
  Jaipur became operational from June 2006.
• Regional Centre Jaipur has been identified for
  the establishment of Gyan Vani studio for
  content generation and unlinking.
• Government of Rajasthan has agreed to have
  IGNOUs Ïnformation -Cum- Admission Centres in
  all the 30 District Institutes of Educational
  Training (DIETs) . The Licenses / MoUs have been
  signed by the Principals of the DIETs under the
  instructions of the Govt of Rajasthan , School
  Education Department .

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Initiatives

• Govt of Rajasthan is going to recruit over thirty
  thousand teachers at Primary and secondary levels
  . We have approached the School Education
  department of Rajasthan Govt to make CTE (for the
  Teachers of English) , CTPM (for the Teachers of
  Mathematics) and CES / ACE and / or CLP/CHR (for
  others) compulsory during their probation period
  (i.e. for their confirmation after a year or two
  ). And, I am happy to share that the Govt is
  positively inclined to this idea
• Collaboration with School Education department of
  Rajasthan Govt for training Primary / Secondary
  school teachers through IGNOUs CTE CTPM
  programmes under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan,
  Rajasthan
• Collaboration with Rajasthan State Institute of
  Public Administration (RIPA), Jaipur for setting
  up IGNOU Study Centre, especially for Rajasthan
  Civil Servants.
• Proposal for opening Programme Study Centre for
  Agriculture Programmes Diploma in
  Dairy Technology has been initiated with SARAS
  Dairy, a Govt. of Rajasthan Undertaking , Jaipur
  and Maharana Pratap Agriculture University,
  Udaipur.
• Collaboration with the State Technical
  University , Kota to offer BCA and / or BA
  programme of IGNOU to the Poly-technique students
  concurrently with their regular diploma courses .
• Collaboration with Rajasthan Police Academy,
  Jaipur for establishing IGNOU Study Centre,
  especially for Police Personnel for CDM , PGDDM,
  CHR etc.

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• Collaboration with Home Guards (Police) ,
  Rajasthan for CAFÉ , DAFE , CHR CDM. The
  Director General of Police (DGP) has agreed to
  the proposal for establishment of IGNOU Special
  Study Centre in Home Guards department .
• Launching of CLP Programme in Rajasthan
• For all the nine hundred students of B.Ed. In
  Rajasthan
• For the newly recruited school teachers in
  Rajasthan.
• Establishment of Mobile Study Centre for the
  small hutments (dhanis) in the unreached areas,
  especially the western border areas and Eastern
  Tribal belt will prove to be a quite effective
  and viable proposition .
• Collaboration with Border Security Force (BSF)
  in the areas where rehabilitation and
  resettlement are taking place very frequently and
  as such the education of the eligible clientele
  of students of those areas get adversely affected
  . IGNOU Study Centre in collaboration with BSF to
  can provide hassle-free access for few of the
  basic programmes of like BDP and BPP to them .

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• In the last five years this RC has honoured about
  25 eminent public figures from various walks of
  life with IGNOU Friend badges for the concern
  and interest they have shown for IGNOU and its
  programmes . They have been directly / indirectly
  instrumental in the promotion of ODL system of
  IGNOU and its programmes in the region . We
  propose to organize a meeting of these IGNOU
  Friends as a token of our appreciation for their
  efforts and services in popularizing and
  publicizing IGNOU Programmes in Rajasthan. And,
  needless to say the presence of our Honble VC ,
  Prof VN Rajasekharan Pillai and Director (RSD)
  Prof C.K.Ghosh on this occasion will be a great
  morale booster
• MOJARI, a well established NGO which works for
  marketing of ethnic Marwari Shoes (Jodhpuri
  Jootiyan) in India and Abroad may be associated
  with our Certificate Programme in Shoe Upper
  Cutting, Upper Stitching and Certificate in
  Shoe Lasting and Finishing.
• We can have some viable collaboration with World
  Fame Jaipur-Foot through School of Health
  Science for developing a course to disseminate
  this famous technique in the country.

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• Jaipur is very famous for the gems , precious
  stones and Jewellery, we can have some kind of
  active collaboration through School of Continuing
  Education in this area .
• In order to promote Cultural Tourism of local
  Folk Dances like KALBELIA DANCE which are popular
  not only in Rajasthan but all over the world
  through Festivals of India we can start the
  process of Certification of this unique and well
  established Folk Dance tradition through the Jury
  of well known and well established Kalbelia Dance
  experts and practitioners .
• In order to have more professional and more
  motivated work force this RC has established a
  Staff Development Cell, which organizes
  motivational/inspirational lecturers of eminent
  dignitaries and motivators every month . To count
  a few we have had lectures on Time Management ,
  REIKI , The Art Of Living , How to Age
  Gracefully and the like
• All the 30 DIETs of Rajasthan have been made sale
  outlets for IGNOU Student Handbook and Prospectus
  to promote BDP Programmes.

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Drives

• We are writing to the Regional Offices of all
  Banks for promoting MBA in Banking Finance .
• Proposal to organize an Orientation Programme for
  the Principals of DIETs and Tehsil / Block level
  102 Schools in order to orient them about ODL
  system and IGNOU Programmes so that they may
  motivate school leavers to continue their pursuit
  of Higher Education by joining relevant
  Programmes of IGNOU of their choice and interest
  for better job opportunities and personal /
  professional growth. This is proposed to be
  undertaken jointly in Collaboration with the
  Govt. School Education Department of Rajasthan
  and STRIDE , IGNOU ..
• We propose to have CIG, CTE, CTPM CLP
  Programmes activated at all B.Ed. Programme
  Study Centres as they are directly related to the
  course contents of some of their elective
  subjects . These programmes will not only help
  the students to have better understanding of the
  pedagogy of these subjects but will also add
  additional dimension to their professional
  qualification.

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• We intend to popularize DNHE, CFN, CNCC DECE
  Programmes in Girls Colleges/Schools / Home
  Science Colleges and Anganwari workers under
  Integrated Child Development Scheme.
• A Meeting with the students of final year of
  Govt. Poly-technique Colleges is proposed to
  motivate them to do BTCM / BTWRE / BTME Programme
  from IGNOU.
• In order to enhance enrollment for M.Sc.(DFSM)
  Programme we are writing to all the Colleges /
  University Departments where B.Sc and M.Sc. (Home
  Science) Programme are being offered.
• Information Brochures giving details of all
  IGNOU Programmes, Eligibility Criteria, Fee
  Structure , Time duration etc. were specially
  prepared for promotional purposes were sent to
  all Districts Heads Disctrict Collectors,
  Superintendents of Police, District Education
  Officers Principals of 102 Schools
  Elementary / Play Schools, CMOs of Hospitals,
  DFOs, Reputed Nursing Govt/Non-Govt. Hospitals/
  Nursing Homes , and to all the Secretaries in the
  Govt Secretariat .

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Failures

• Inter- Regional -Transfer (IRT) and Study Centre
  /Address Changes are not being done in time due
  to heavy rush of courses .
• Address changes / Assignment Grades are not being
  updated at SRE level in time which causes undue
  delay in the declaration of result of the
  concerned students .
• Study Material is not being received in time by
  the learners , which disrupts the counselling
  schedules at the Study Centres , and thus affects
  the Learner Support Services .
• PSC for M.Sc. (DFSM) has not received study
  material of II year courses .PSCs for B.Ed have
  not received full study material of B.Ed. Study
  Centres have not received the revised study
  material , especially of BCA, MCA OMT-101
  courses.
• The DRS systems installed by IGNOU in the Govt.
  Women and Child Welfare Centres in Rajasthan are
  in utter neglect . Some drastic measures need to
  be taken to make them functional and viable .
• Learner Support Services at the RC are not as
  satisfactory as we would ideally like them to be.

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Measures taken for improving Learner Support
Services

• To improve Learner Support Services at the RC one
  computer has been placed at the Reception for
  attending to the Student Queries, and all out-
  going calls have been barred on the reception
  telephone .
• All relevant Information/ Circulars are
  prominently displayed on the RC Notice Board.
• All Study Centres have been asked to organize at
  least Three IGNOU Awareness / Pre-Admission
  Counselling Camps during the month before the
  last date of admission in each admission cycle.
  RC too organizes these camps . They are also
  encouraged to put up IGNOU stalls in the local
  fetes and fairs .
• Students of Management, Computer, Health Science,
  Masters Degree programmes have been asked to
  interact with the RC through E-Mail. Students of
  other programmes are also being motivated to
  create their own E-Mail IDs for faster
  communication / for prompt redressal of their
  grievances . On an average we are getting 10 to
  15 student queries through e-mails .
• Information Brochures both in Hindi and English
  have been prepared and sufficient copies have
  been sent to all SCs / PSCs/ SSCs for providing
  the necessary information and guidance to the
  learners.
• About 80 of our Study Centres are now
  electronically (through E-Mail) connected with
  the RC . In fact it the Study Centres located in
  rural areas and remote areas which need special
  attention for better learner support services .

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Suggestions for Improving Learner Support Services

• Being a Hindi state, we need one person
  exclusively for doing computer work in Hindi.
• Whatever corrections are sent by RC to SRE
  Division should be taken up on priority and the
  master data should be updated immediately to
  avoid harassment to students and embarrassment
  for R.C. The two prime operational divisions at
  the hqrs. --SRE and MPDD need to be very
  sensitive to the problems of the RCs for prompt
  redressal of student grievances.
• Computer training of RC Staff and staff
  development training every year by STRIDE for
  updation of professional understanding of the ODL
  system.
• Two Air Conditioners to be provided for EDUSAT
  and Teleconference Hall at the Regional Centre
  Jaipur. Proposal has been sent .
• For quick and prompt connectivity of the RC with
  RSD other divisions at the Hqrs and of the RC
  with the with the SCs ARDs during their field
  visits, RD should be provided with a Mobile in
  lieu of residential landline connection (with
  call limit or amount limit on it for its rightful
  use). I would even recommend for providing Mobile
  sets to the ARDs too as they are the ones who
  have to carry out the inspection / monitoring
  work in the field . I am sure at the mass level
  this scheme will be quite cost effective and
  Learner- Support -Service Friendly . Important
  Admission/RR/TEE/schedules etc can be SMSd .
  Solutions to the learner queries can be promptly
  provided.

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• Some viable mechanism needs to be developed for
  Online Submission of Admission Forms also.
• E-mail IDs of all the students (to begin with few
  of the professional programs like MBA , BCA/MCA ,
  Health Science programs) can be created at the
  headquarter level and relevant academic support
  services like TC Schedules, status of Dispatch of
  Study Material, Declaration of Results etc. can
  be relayed simultaneously to the students of
  particular programs by School Directors. .
• Each region should have a State Level Advisory
  Committee for identifying the local needs and
  suggesting new programs / Courses suitable to
  the needs of the region in the socio-economic-
  cultural context . This committee may comprise
  Govt Secretaries from the Depts. of Education ,
  Health , Social Welfare , Agriculture and eminent
  educationists and NGOs to make IGNOU more
  relevant to the regional requirements .
• Tehsil /Block level Post Offices may also be
  involved in the sale of IGNOU Student Handbook
  and Prospectus to extend its reach to the remote
  and rural areas .

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With Promise to be still better next time Thank
you very much.