The need and importance of Distance Education in India

India, after independence, has made a great advancement in its education system. Initially, education was accessible only to the high profile class of India, and a lot of poor and middle class Indians remained unlettered. There was an immense pressure on various state governments by common men to initiate more institutes, colleges and universities. This pressure has led to rapid growth of higher education in our country. But sad thing is that this progression is more quantitative than qualitative, all because of the high demand.

Distance education was embraced by many good universities to meet the ever increasing expectations of those students who had deficient means to pursue higher education through regular manner. And hence, distance education in India has become very popular today. There were a lot of limitations in the formal system of education, which a lot of students are not able to undertake. And hence they are getting attracted towards distance learning mode of education. Convenient education, study from home, more quality and less expensive, earning while learning are some of the popular advantages of distance education.

Need and Importance of Distance Education in India

Distance education gets overwhelming response in India. However, even in this system, the actual aim of providing quality education is getting replaced by the aim of making more money from students by the institutes. The universities running distance education need to ensure the quality of higher distance education as we don’t want to look back and take a fresh start again.

·        Population: This unexpected growth rate of population has reduced the chances for formal education to educate each and every student.

·        Geographical limitations: Many students who are living in places which are geographically isolated finds difficult to take education through regular classes.

·        Qualification improvement: Distance education provides opportunities to students who want to improve their qualification while being in their present jobs.