179 students awarded degrees at Lucknow regional centre
: The 35th convocation of Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) was held on Tuesday. The main function was organised at IGNOU, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi, where guest of honour Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan delivered the convocation address.
The convocation was organised simultaneously at 32 regional centres of the open university where the students, who have passed master’s degree programmes and professional programmes of bachelor’s level were awarded degrees.
At Lucknow regional centre, the convocation was organised at the conference hall where 179 students out of 2,898 eligible candidates were present to receive their degrees in person.
Prof Sanjay Singh, vice chancellor, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow,
the guest of honour on the occasion, delivered the convocation address. He also gave degrees to BCA/MCA learners in person. He also felicitated 17 people, who contributed to open and distance learning, along with 6 coordinators of IGNOU.
Manorama Singh, senior regional director, IGNOU, regional centre, Lucknow in her speech elaborated on the need and significance of open and distance learning in providing opportunities to millions for acquiring higher education with
a special role of IGNOU, the largest open university in the world, which has evolved successful models of democratisation of education, training and capacity building.
She also presented the activities of IGNOU regional centre, Lucknow, in last one year to increase the access, equity and quality education at the doorsteps of learners.
Singh said in compliance with National Education Policy 2020, IGNOU has started offering channel-based counselling through “Swayam Prabha” DTH channel.
Kirti Vikram Singh, assistant regional director, IGNOU, regional centre, Lucknow, in his address talked about the initiatives taken by IGNOU for reaching out to rural and remote areas as well as to all disadvantage sections, including women and minorities.
He said in the last one year, the regional centre successfully enrolled people engaged in beggary besides slum dwellers, Tharu tribals, rural community and juvenile home inmates in IGNOU programmes.
Congratulating those who received their degrees, guest of honour prof Sanjay Singh said all recipients had entered a new era where there were immense opportunities, new challenges and innumerable social and economic complexities which they had to tackle with their wisdom, knowledge and skills which they acquired during their educational training.