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Computer literacy programme

Staff Reporter

KOCHI : The regional centre of Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has proposed a State-level computer literacy programme through 50 senior secondary schools.

In the first phase, the project will be implemented in five districts. Schools identified for the project will act as admission-cum-information centres of the university. IGNOU has also started negotiations with the State Government for providing MCA programme to high school teachers engaged as resource persons in IT@School project. These and other proposals came up for discussion during the visit of IGNOU Vice-Chancellor V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai here on Sunday.

Prof. Pillai said the regional centres would offer new IT courses for students. A detailed study of the requirements in IT sector would be made before launching the programme. The regional centre would set up placement centres to help candidates secure a job before passing out of the university.

These placement centres would also keep track of emerging job opportunities in various fields. Kochi centre would soon have a Web site of its own for the welfare of students. The site would provide all necessary details about the academic courses offered by the university.

Prof. Pillai said the centre would form an alumni association. It would act as a forum for interaction with the former students.

The association would suggest new areas of study that were relevant to the regional needs.

The university would introduce a training programme for its academic counsellors. The duration of the programme would be 15 days in the initial stage. Prof. Pillai said that academic counsellors would be equipped with the latest advancements in the field of open learning system.

They would also be involved in development of content for various courses. Practical training in digital technology in distance education would also be offered to the academic counsellors.

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