‘Need to have open learning system’

He emphasised upon ensuring access,quality and inclusion in the process.

IGNOU pro vice-chancellor Professor Parvin K Sinclair pointed towards individual differences among the learners’ needs and urged to respond to their requirements through appropriate media.

She also called for experimenting with the idea of accreditation and certification of prior learning of artisans and workers trained in traditional vocations,who have the skill but not the certification.

In the first session,around six presentations were made on the use of ICT in distance education.

The second session,chaired by Professor V K Gupta from the Kurukshetra University,had papers related to new trends and innovations in distance education in the globalised era.