REPORT ON THE TWO-DAY CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOP FOR ACADEMIC COUNSELLING OF OPEN AND DISTANCE (ODL) LEARNERS

OBJECTIVES

·        To use ICTs for student support with OER for teaching, learning, creating and searching educational resources on the Web

SUMMARY

The School of Vocational Studies, Netaji Subhas Open University has been working with the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA), New Delhi on a joint project entitled “Increase Access and Improve Institutional Capacity for Sustainable Development through Vocational Education and Training” since the year 2017-18. The objective of this three-year project is to increase enrolment in different vocational courses of the university so that the disadvantaged rural people can get access to skill development programmes of this university. In the current year 2019-20 (last year of the project),the School has already organized 2-day Workshop for Academic Counsellors at University Headquarters and a job fair at Kalyani RC under the project.