Growth and development of distance education in India and China: a study on policy perspectives
<p>India and China are two fast growing economies of the world and need large skill based manpower to sustain the economic growth. The existing formal higher educational system in these countries will not be able to meet the demand of the economy. The paper will try (i) to compare the developm...
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| description | <p>India and China are two fast growing economies of the world and need large skill based manpower to sustain the economic growth. The existing formal higher educational system in these countries will not be able to meet the demand of the economy. The paper will try (i) to compare the development of economy and distance education in India and China with reference to policy perspectives; (ii) to examine the course design, development and delivery of distance education programmes in national open universities of India and China i.e. Indira Gandhi National Open University of India (IGNOU) and Open University of China (OUC); (iii) to analyze the trend of enrollment in IGNOU and OUC; and (iv) to compare the recognition /accreditation and quality control process of distance learning in both these countries. The paper highlights the policy strategies of two countries towards quality control mechanism as par with conventional system.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-321bac9a168c412cbc063fdb3e3633cd2023-03-01T21:21:14ZengInternational Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)Open Praxis1369-99972304-070X2015-10-017431132310.5944/openpraxis.7.4.248302Growth and development of distance education in India and China: a study on policy perspectivesAshok K. Gaba0Wei Li1School of Vocational Education and Training, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New DelhiInstitute of Education Studies, The Open University of China, Beijing<p>India and China are two fast growing economies of the world and need large skill based manpower to sustain the economic growth. The existing formal higher educational system in these countries will not be able to meet the demand of the economy. The paper will try (i) to compare the development of economy and distance education in India and China with reference to policy perspectives; (ii) to examine the course design, development and delivery of distance education programmes in national open universities of India and China i.e. Indira Gandhi National Open University of India (IGNOU) and Open University of China (OUC); (iii) to analyze the trend of enrollment in IGNOU and OUC; and (iv) to compare the recognition /accreditation and quality control process of distance learning in both these countries. The paper highlights the policy strategies of two countries towards quality control mechanism as par with conventional system.</p>https://openpraxis.org/articles/343distance educationpolicyquality controlindiachina |
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| title | Growth and development of distance education in India and China: a study on policy perspectives |
| title_full | Growth and development of distance education in India and China: a study on policy perspectives |
| title_fullStr | Growth and development of distance education in India and China: a study on policy perspectives |
| title_full_unstemmed | Growth and development of distance education in India and China: a study on policy perspectives |
| title_short | Growth and development of distance education in India and China: a study on policy perspectives |
| title_sort | growth and development of distance education in india and china a study on policy perspectives |
| topic | distance education policy quality control india china |
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