Study centers for IGNOU and Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU)
are oering a number of certificate, diploma and degree programs in distant
mode. Regular consultation classes and remedial sessions are held for the
students of the programs under IGNOU and MANUU.
● INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY
The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), established by an Act of
Parliament in 1985, has continuously striven to build an inclusive knowledge
society through inclusive education. It has tried to increase the Gross
Enrollment Ratio (GER) by oering high-quality teaching through the Open and
Distance Learning (ODL) mode.
Samastipur College, Samastipur serves as an important learning center for the
IGNOU for the educational aspiration of the rural background location of
Samastipur. The study center oers about 100 certificates, diplomas and
degrees programmes.
The University has initiated its distance mode programmes from its year of
inception. The DDE has set up 9 Regional Centres (Delhi, Patna, Bangalore,
Bhopal, Darbhanga, Srinagar, Kolkata, Mumbai, Ranchi) and 6 Sub-Regional
Centers (Hyderabad, Jammu, Amravati, Lucknow, Nuh and Varanasi) across the
country so as to provide academic and administrative support to the students.
The RCs/SRCs facilitate the students with support services; management of
Study Centres and admission process. Samastipur College is an prominent
Learner Support Centers/ Study Centre for MANUU in Bihar. The DDE
facilitates online admission through SAMARTH ERP
It provides links of audio-visual material to the students and also Printed Self
Learning Material. The University has established an Instructional Media
Centre for the preparation of audio-visual educational programmes. A large
number of audio-visual educational programmes have been prepared by the
Media Centre. These programmes can be viewed on YouTube
(https://www.youtube.com/c/imcmanuu).
DDE oers 6 PG programmes (M.A. in Urdu, Hindi, Arabic, English, History and
Islamic Studies), 4 UG programmes (B. A., B. Com., B.Sc. & B. Ed.); 2 Diploma
Programmes (Diploma in Journalism & Mass Communication and Diploma in
Teach English); and 2 Certificate programmes (Proficiency in Urdu through
English and Functional English).
The Graduation, Post Graduation and Diploma Certificates awarded by the
University are at par with the certificates of recognized Universities.
Day-by-day the strength of the students is growing. Thus, the DDE is striving
hard to reach the unreached.
Vision:
To be an internationally recognized open and distance learning center
engaged in empowerment of Urdu speaking people through distance
education programmes
Mission:
To enhance access to education and training programmes to Urdu
speaking population through ODL, particularly to “reach the unreached”
To provide focus on women’s education and training through ODL
To provide greater access to continuing professional education and
training and more opportunities for lifelong learning
To create capacity for the use of ODL technologies to enrich the learning
process
To undertake research studies in ODL for system development
Objectives
To generate employment opportunities through ODL within the NEP 2020
framework
To make adequate eorts toward flexibility in learning
To ensure quality higher education to the target group
To enable blended learning with in-person and online counseling cum
contact classes
To facilitate greater vertical and horizontal mobility in higher education
To integrate non-conventional Urdu learners into formal education
system
To enhance the gross enrolment ratio (GER) based on market needs, gaps
and trends in addition to the societal demands
