[UgaBYTES] telecentre.org and IGNOU launches Diploma Course on Telecentre Management

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Dear Members,

We are happy to share that telecentre.org through the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) launched a Six Month Diploma Course for Knowledge Centre Managers, titled Telecentre/Village Knowledge Centre Management" to mark the celebration of IGNOU's Foundation Day in the presence of celebrated agricultural scientist and Rajya Sabha member Professor M S Swaminathan and Economist Prof Abid Hussain.

"Learning process is continual and should be extended to all, including youths in the grassroots" stated by IGNOU's Vice Chancellor, Prof V N Rajasekharan Pillai.

Dr. M.C Nair, Director I/C, Centre for Extension Education said, "This course will benefit in boosting professionalism of the telecentre managers in their day-to-day functional needs".

Dr Basheerhamad Shadrach, Senior Programme Officer, telecentre.org, echoed Professor M.S Swaminathan's vision to establish one hundred thousand village knowledge centers and village resource centers in India to spread knowledge in two-ways i.e. village resource centers catering to village knowledge centres, through mobile phones, community radio and other systems and new modes and from rural community to the outside community.

Dr Shadrach also thanked IGNOU for the opportunity to launch this diploma course to enable knowledge centre managers to enhance their skills and grow into real change agents and rural core competent's of India.

Admissions to this diploma course would commence from January 2009, with the objective to prepare the grassroot telecentre and village knowledge workers in their ability, to offer the community an opportunity to connect to the knowledge world.

Please leave your comments here: http://www.telecentre.org/profiles/blogs/telecentreorg-and-ignou

Cheers
Vignesh