CAMPUS OF OPEN LEARNING (COL)
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SCHOOL OF OPEN LEARNING (SOL)
DEPARTMENT OF DISTANCE AND CONTINUING EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF DELHI
There are many of students enrolled in Delhi University’s School of Open Learning, non-collegiate boards, open and online learning of other colleges and institutions who may not be having any interactions or professional exposure at par with other students of any regular college. In some instances, the curriculum of graduation degrees too does not prepare a learner to get a work opportunity instantly.
For the benefit of such students, they can apply for admission in career-oriented training programs and skill-based short term certificate courses of the Delhi University offered by the COL-DU.
Centre for Professional and Technical Training is an industrial training institute under the aegis of Campus of Open Learning, University of Delhi and is established to offer job-oriented and skill based vocational courses invarious professional fields with view to offer internships and employment opportunities to the youth with the assistance of training partners. The students successfully completing the training programs and certificate courses offered at the may also opt of self-employment/ freelanceror become an entrepreneur based on the individual caliber.
List of such practical training programs offered through Delhi University’s Certificate Courses are available at http://col.du.ac.in/course.php
There are huge lots of students enrolled in Delhi University’s School of Open Learning, non-collegiate boards, open and online learning of other colleges and institutions who may not be having any interactionsor professional exposure at par with other students of any regular college. In some instances, the curriculum of graduation degreestoo does not preparea learner to get a work opportunity instantly.
For the benefit of such students, career oriented training programs and skill-based short term courses were started by the Delhi University. Certificate courses offered by DU in association with the training partners are more practical in nature and are aimed provide the students an opportunity for interactions with their teachers so as to build confidence, which is very necessary and an important attribute for the younger generation of our nation, who must undertake newer challenges and carve the future.
An overall objective is to offer career-oriented, skill-enhancing add-on courses that will help the students in having more openings in jobs, industry and self-employment. These short term courses in DU have been so designed with a focus on the market need for the personnel with requisite skills.
The conduct of course and training programmes are with the involvement of trainers from training institutions in order to bring in practical and ground level relevance. The admission in these professional courses can be applied by the students as a parallel sub-discipline while pursuing their other degree level education courses as well. At the end of the course, students are awarded with a Certificate, jointly by University of Delhi and the Industry Partner.
The School of Open Learning (formerly School of Correspondence Courses and Continuing Education) was established in the year 1962 under the University of Delhi. We are the pioneer institution in the field of Open and Distance Education in India. The School was started with a modest admission of 900 students in 1962 and presently it has enrolled more than 4 lakhs students in the five Undergraduate and five Postgraduate programmes. We are one of the best ICT governed Institutions in terms of Student Information Management System (SIMS) and office automation under the ambit of e-governance. It, being one of the best Schools in distance education and is moving towards technology based students support services by providing Online admit cards with QR codes, demand letters-cum-examination forms, mark sheets and provisional certificates etc. The School also facilitates the students in downloading their ID Cards, Fee receipts from SOL website. The School has initiated to provide online Library Cards for issuing books. The School has also taken a major initiative in decentralization of admission process both online and offline. The admission for the UG Honours and registration for PG programmes for the academic year 2014-2015. However, admissions for B.A./B.Com. programme were done both online and offline. We have crossed more than 100K online.
The School has taken initiatives for developing flipped-classroom technology by giving importance to virtual/audio-visual teaching-learning followed by activity/skill based experiential learning in different study centres and providing open access to all text to speech contents/study material, audio lectures and video lectures. The School has been initiating Learning Management System (LMS) with Online user friendly Dashboard for the Student. We have established more than 30 study centres in different colleges of the University of Delhi for conducting PCP programmes of our students.
SOL @ Past
SOL has set its goal to achieve complete automation, virtualization, having paperless office implementing office automation process. The study material are already available online in our website. We are exploring the possibilities of providing Tablets to our students at the time of admission with pre-loaded study materials, Lecturers of eminent personalities, and other information. The updated study material will be available to our students over the air (OTA) - online. Even Audio/Visual Conference facilities will be provided to the students at their fingertips so that they can interact with teachers in virtual mode and get solutions to their queries at the comfort and convenient time. We facilitate the dreams of the Eklavya.
In the past, adopted manual processes in all spheres of admission and examination related activities which was very difficult to manage. Even the other activities such as Personal Contact Programme, Degree, Mailing (Study Material distribution) Printing, and Accounts were carried out manually. As a result it was slow & consuming more effort and time on paper work.
There was a paradigm shift from traditional / conventional to ICT based solutions from the year 2005 onwards. The School implemented Online Process from Admissions to Examinations and the also further automation of Accounts, Establishment, General, Printing, PCP and Degree sections were automated, thereby drastically improvement in the productivity and lesser turnaround time which made our system student friendly.
We admit students through Online and Offline processes. Online process can be accessed by students via our website however the Offline admission process also runs at our North and South Campus of SOL through dedicated windows through the admission module which is part of our ERP application. A Single repository of CBSE and other State Board results are available in our database which helps our students to check their eligibility and verification process at the time of admission. As the student data are confidential, our ERP is implemented with role based credentials to maintain the confidentiality. In the year 2014-15 SOL admitted approximately 1.5 lakh students out of which more than one lakh was through online, thus leaving far behind the regular colleges of the University of Delhi.
The School has implemented online module for their students when promoted to the next year of study. Our students can download their Demand Letter cum Examination Form having details like their Name, SOL Roll No., Enrolment No., Marks obtained in each subjects, Examination Fees, last date of submission of Examination Form and submit the same through Online and Offline mode. The payment can be made via Online as well. The Hall tickets are embedded with QR Code to provide instant verification of the students which can be downloaded from the SOL website. In academic year 2013-14 of annual examination, we have admitted more than three lakh students in various UG and PG courses.
SOL distributes the Study Material of the courses immediately in-person after the submission of Admission / Examination Forms. Thereby, cutting down environmental and postal costs.
Activities related to Personal Contact Programme classes in SOL study centers like information to students, record of Resource Person, student data-class wise, centre wise, course wise, medium wise are prepared through automated PCP Module. Every Student gets a personalized SMS regarding their PCP Classes. Even period wise students attendance is also available under the Students Tracking System (STS) and even the payment are made via ECS. This year, the SOL has established about 30 Study Centers for PCP Programmes in different colleges of University of the Delhi.
SOL has automated all the records related to Degrees, Mark Sheets for undistributed degress and Provisional Certificate. We have data available online from 1962 onwards.
Pull-push-SMS services are available on 922-305-1616 for the use of SOL students wherein students can enquire about Eligibility Requirement, Admission Schedule, Fee Information, Entrance Result, Venue for Examination, Date Sheet, Result, Enrolment Number etc, 24x7, round the year, through a fully automated Interactive Voice Response System. The Pull SMS service provides required information through a text message to the concerned student on his cell phone.
Greetings to all! It is my privilege to welcome you all to the Department of Distance & Continuing Education, School of Open Learning under the aegis of Campus of Open Learning, University of Delhi and to the new academic session 2023-24. The Department/School has been extremely successful in catering to the educational needs of students across the nation by providing them with affordable and accessible education. Keeping the aim of academic inclusion at the forefront.
- Prof. Yogesh Singh
Dear Students! I heartily welcome you to the Department of Distance & Continuing Education, School of Open Learning under the aegis of the Campus of Open Learning (COL), University of Delhi. The institute was started in 1962 and, in the last 60 years of its acclaimed history, it has established itself as a premier institution of higher education and learning in the Distance mode.
- Prof. Payal Mago
Dear Students! I heartily welcome you to the Department of Distance & Continuing Education, School of Open Learning under the aegis of the Campus of Open Learning (COL), University of Delhi. The institute was started in 1962 and, in the last 60 years of its acclaimed history, it has established itself as a premier institution of higher education and learning in the Distance mode.
- Prof. Ajay Jaiswal