(MENAFN- Muscat Daily) Keeping interests of students of distance learning in mind India's Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has granted approval to its 29 overseas study centres (OSCs) including 17 in GCC. These centres were until now functioning without its approval.
Of the 17 approved in GCC seven are in UAE five in Saudi Arabia two in Kuwait and one each in Oman Qatar and Bahrain. The other 12 centres approved include one each in Mauritius Ethiopia Ivory Cost Kenya Singapore and Afghanistan and two each in Nepal Sri Lanka and Papua New Guinea.
A statement on India's Press Information Bureau website said 'IGNOU has informed that upon its internal review it came to the notice of the university that these study centres were functioning without the prior approval of the visitor [IGNOU] as envisaged in the Act of the University.
'The university has accordingly kept in abeyance all the operations of OSCs in these countries wef from January 1 2014 but not closed so far. However interests of the existing students have been protected by allowing their re-registration conducting term-end examination in June 2014 and admitting students who have passed Bachelor's Preparatory Programme (BPP) to the Bachelor's Degree Programme (BDP) during July 2014 admission session.'
Once a comprehensive proposal for the overseas study centres is received from IGNOU the Human Resource Development Ministry will initiate action for visitor's approval.
This information was given by Smriti Irani Union Human Resource Development Minister of India in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian Parliament).
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