How can one say that Open University courses are inferior to the regular? There are many thousands who have done the
course through this route.
If one takes a look at the statistics of UGC-NET results in L&I area – he/ she can realize that it is the people, who
have done their course in open/ distance route, have done well.
The people who choose this route do a lot of self study visiting various Libraries, getting exposed to real life conditions,
and then acquire their degree.
Do not allow our administrators to belittle this breed of professionals.
Regards
Suresh D Nair
Technical Librarian – R&D
TAFE Ltd.
Chennai 600 011
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:14:28 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: [LIS-Forum] [ELF (E-Group for Engineering Librarians)] No
PhD, MPhil at open universities...
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It had announced three years ago that these degrees would be considered as an option to NET or SET
In a setback to the country?s 14 open universities, the University Grants Commission, or UGC, has barred them from conducting
research programmes, namely PhD and MPhil.
Pointing out the declining quality of research projects in a ?distance learning? system, UGC has stopped registration
for PhD and MPhil programmes at all the 14 open universities, including the India Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU).
This has sparked angry reactions from academics and students attached to open universities who believe the ?declining
quality of research? is a national concern and not confined to open universities.
Three years back, UGC had announced that degrees like MPhil and PhD would be considered as an option to the National
Eligibility Test (NET) or State Eligibility Test (SET) for recruitment of full-time teachers at colleges. After this announcement, thousands of students registered for MPhil and PhD programmes at open universities. So it has come as a surprise that UGC has
not only revoked this decision but also banned research projects at open universities. A notice to this effect has been put up on UGC?s website.
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