Lok Sabha Question No. 906 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-23
Subject: IGNOU Study Centres
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: DEVJI MANSINGRAM PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 906 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23 rd JULY, 2018

## IGNOU Study Centres

†906. SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  criteria  for  establishing  Indira  Gandhi  National  Open  University  (IGNOU) centre in the remote areas of the country including Rajasthan;
- (b) the details of new centres established during the last three years and the current year in the country, year-wise;
- (c) the total number of study centres and regional centres running in the country currently and the total number of students enrolled therein; and
- (d)  the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government to provide all courses through e-learning, virtual classes, mobile app, e-library and e-study so that students may complete their study easily and within less time period from IGNOU?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. SATYA PAL SINGH)

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(a): The major criteria for selection of the Special Study Centres (SSCs) by the university is based on the availability  of  the  suitable  educational  institutions  including  NGOs  dedicated  to  the  cause  of  given disadvantaged groups and availability of academic expertise for engagement as academic counselors. The same criteria is adopted for Rajasthan as well.

(b):  The  total  number of Study Centres set up during the last three years and current year is 437. The details are provided in Annexure 1.

(c): The details are given below:

- (i) Total No. of study centres - 3075
- (ii) Total No. of Regional centres - 56
- (iii) Total No. of Enrollment for July 2018 admission cycle - 4,69,254

(d):  As  per  the  information  furnished  by  IGNOU,  the  university  is  providing  the  digital  form  of  study material  to  its  students  through  e-Gyankosh.  The  university  also  uses  electronic  media  by  way  of  enetwork,  through  radio  broadcasting,  internet  radio  through  Gyan  Vani  radio  channels,  tele  casting through  Gyan  Darshan  channels  and  two  way  interactive  web  conferencing  and  web  casting.  Further, IGNOU is also offering some online courses through SWAYAM plateform.

All IGNOU course materials are available online on its digital repository eGyanKosh (www.egyankosh.ac.in) for students to download and use as per their convenience.

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Annexure -1(I) ANNEXURE IN REPLY TO PART 'B' OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 906 FOR ANSWER ON 23.07.2018 REGARDING IGNOU STUDY CENTRES ASKED BY SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL

## Study Centres established from 01/04/2015 to 31/03/2016

| Sl. No.   | RCNAME              | Spcial (D)   | Programme (P)   | Regular SC For Women (RW)   | Regular SC   |   Total |
|-----------|---------------------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------------------|--------------|---------|
| 1         | AHMEDABAD           | 2            |                 |                             | 3            |       5 |
| 2         | ALIGARH             | 1            |                 |                             | 2            |       3 |
| 3         | BANGALORE           |              | 1               |                             | 2            |       3 |
| 4         | BHOPAL              |              |                 |                             | 1            |       1 |
| 5         | BHUBANESHWAR        |              | 1               |                             | 2            |       3 |
| 6         | BIJAPUR             |              | 1               |                             |              |       1 |
| 7         | CHANDIGARH          | 1            |                 |                             | 1            |       2 |
| 8         | CHENNAI             |              | 1               |                             |              |       1 |
| 9         | COCHIN              | 2            |                 |                             | 1            |       3 |
| 10        | DARBHANGA           |              |                 |                             | 1            |       1 |
| 11        | DEHRADUN            |              |                 |                             | 2            |       2 |
| 12        | DELHI 2             | 2            | 1               |                             |              |       3 |
| 13        | DELHI 3             | 1            | 1               |                             | 1            |       3 |
| 14        | GUWAHATI            |              |                 |                             | 3            |       3 |
| 15        | HYDERABAD           |              | 1               |                             |              |       1 |
| 16        | IMPHAL              |              |                 |                             | 1            |       1 |
| 17        | JAIPUR              | 4            |                 |                             | 14           |      18 |
| 18        | JAMMU               |              |                 |                             | 2            |       2 |
| 19        | JODHPUR             | 2            |                 |                             |              |       2 |
| 20        | JORHAT              |              |                 |                             | 2            |       2 |
| 21        | KARNAL              | 4            |                 |                             | 1            |       5 |
| 22        | KHANNA              | 3            |                 |                             |              |       3 |
| 23        | KOHIMA              |              |                 |                             | 3            |       3 |
| 24        | KOLKATA             |              |                 |                             | 1            |       1 |
| 25        | LUCKNOW             | 1            |                 | 1                           | 7            |       9 |
| 26        | MADURAI             |              |                 |                             | 3            |       3 |
| 27        | MUMBAI              |              |                 |                             | 2            |       2 |
| 28        | NAGPUR              |              | 1               |                             | 1            |       2 |
| 29        | NOIDA               | 1            |                 |                             | 5            |       6 |
| 30        | PANAJI              | 1            |                 |                             | 1            |       2 |
| 31        | PATNA               | 1            |                 |                             | 1            |       2 |
| 32        | PUNE                | 3            |                 |                             |              |       3 |
| 33        | RAIPUR              | 1            | 1               |                             | 1            |       3 |
| 34        | RANCHI              |              |                 |                             | 2            |       2 |
| 35        | SHIMLA              | 1            |                 |                             |              |       1 |
| 36        | SILIGURI            |              |                 |                             | 1            |       1 |
| 37        | SRINAGAR            |              |                 |                             | 3            |       3 |
| 38        | TRIVANDRUM          |              | 1               |                             | 3            |       4 |
| 39        | VARANASI            |              | 1               |                             | 5            |       6 |
| 40        | VATAKARA            |              |                 |                             | 2            |       2 |
| 41        | VIJAYAWADA          |              | 3               |                             | 5            |       8 |
| 42        | VISAKHAPATNAM       |              | 1               |                             | 1            |       2 |
|           | Total               | 31           | 15              | 1                           | 86           |     133 |
| 1         | IAEP - CHANDIMANDIR |              |                 |                             | 2            |       2 |
| 2         | INEP - KOCHI        |              |                 |                             | 1            |       1 |
|           | Total Grand Total   |              |                 |                             | 3            |       3 |
|           |                     | 31           | 15              | 1                           | 89           |     136 |

Annexure 1(ii)

## ANNEXURE IN REPLY TO PART 'B' OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 906 FOR ANSWER ON 23.07.2018 REGARDING IGNOU STUDY CENTRES ASKED BY SHRI DEVJI

## M. PATEL

## Study Centres established from 01/04/2016 to 31/03/2017

| Sl. No.   | RC Name       | Spcial (D)   | Programme (P)   | Regular   |   Total |
|-----------|---------------|--------------|-----------------|-----------|---------|
| 1         | AHMEDABAD     |              |                 | 1         |       1 |
| 2         | AIZAWL        | 1            |                 |           |       1 |
| 3         | ALIGARH       |              | 1               |           |       1 |
| 4         | BANGALORE     |              | 3               |           |       3 |
| 5         | BHOPAL        |              | 1               |           |       1 |
| 6         | BHUBANESHWAR  | 1            |                 | 1         |       2 |
| 7         | BIJAPUR       |              | 2               |           |       2 |
| 8         | CHANDIGARH    | 1            |                 |           |       1 |
| 9         | COCHIN        |              | 1               | 1         |       2 |
| 10        | DEHRADUN      |              |                 | 2         |       2 |
| 11        | DELHI 1       |              | 1               | 2         |       3 |
| 12        | DELHI 2       |              |                 | 2         |       2 |
| 13        | DELHI 3       |              |                 | 2         |       2 |
| 14        | DEOGHAR       |              | 1               |           |       1 |
| 15        | HYDERABAD     |              |                 | 2         |       2 |
| 16        | ITANAGAR      |              |                 | 1         |       1 |
| 17        | JAIPUR        | 1            | 1               | 2         |       4 |
| 18        | JAMMU         |              | 1               |           |       1 |
| 19        | JODHPUR       |              |                 | 1         |       1 |
| 20        | JORHAT        |              | 1               | 1         |       2 |
| 21        | KOHIMA        |              |                 | 1         |       1 |
| 22        | LUCKNOW       | 6            | 1               | 5         |      12 |
| 23        | MADURAI       |              |                 | 3         |       3 |
| 24        | MUMBAI        |              |                 | 1         |       1 |
| 25        | NAGPUR        | 1            | 1               |           |       2 |
| 26        | NOIDA         | 1            |                 |           |       1 |
| 27        | PANAJI        |              | 1               |           |       1 |
| 28        | PATNA         | 1            | 2               |           |       3 |
| 29        | PUNE          |              | 1               | 2         |       3 |
| 30        | SAHARSA       |              |                 | 1         |       1 |
| 31        | SHIMLA        |              |                 | 2         |       2 |
| 32        | SILIGURI      |              |                 | 1         |       1 |
| 33        | SRINAGAR      |              |                 | 1         |       1 |
| 34        | TRIVANDRUM    |              | 2               |           |       2 |
| 35        | VARANASI      |              |                 | 2         |       2 |
| 36        | VATAKARA      |              |                 | 1         |       1 |
| 37        | VIJAYAWADA    |              | 2               | 1         |       3 |
| 38        | VISAKHAPATNAM |              |                 | 4         |       4 |
|           | Total         | 13           | 23              | 43        |      79 |

## Study Centres established from 01/04/2017 to 31/03/2018

| Sl. No.   | RCNAME           | Spcial (D)   | Programme (P)   | Regular   | Total   |
|-----------|------------------|--------------|-----------------|-----------|---------|
| 1         | AGARTALA         |              |                 | 1         | 1       |
| 2         | AHMEDABAD        |              | 2               |           | 2       |
| 3         | AIZAWL           |              |                 | 1         | 1       |
| 4         | ALIGARH          |              | 1               | 2         | 3       |
| 5         | BANGALORE        | 1            | 1               |           | 2       |
| 6         | BHOPAL           |              | 1               | 5         | 6       |
| 7         | BHUBANESHWAR     | 1            | 2               |           | 3       |
| 8         | BIJAPUR          | 1            | 3               |           | 4       |
| 9         | CHANDIGARH       |              | 3               | 1         | 4       |
| 10        | COCHIN           | 1            |                 | 1         | 2       |
| 11        | DARBHANGA        |              |                 | 1         | 1       |
| 12        | DEHRADUN         |              | 3               |           | 3       |
| 13        | DELHI 1          |              |                 | 1         | 1       |
| 14        | DELHI 2          |              | 1               | 2         | 3       |
| 15        | DELHI 3          |              |                 | 2         | 2       |
| 16        | DEOGHAR          | 1            |                 | 2         | 3       |
| 17        | GANGTOK          | 1            |                 | 1         | 2       |
| 18 19     | HYDERABAD IMPHAL |              | 4 2             | 2         | 6 2     |
| 20        | ITANAGAR         |              | 1               |           | 1       |
| 21        | JABALPUR         | 1            | 1               |           | 2       |
| 22        | JAIPUR           | 3            | 2               | 5         | 10      |
| 23        | JAMMU            |              | 1               | 2         | 3       |
| 24        | JODHPUR          | 1            | 3               | 5         | 9       |
| 25        | KARNAL           | 1            |                 |           | 1       |
| 26        | KHANNA           |              | 7               | 1         | 8       |
| 27        | KOLKATA          |              | 5               | 1         | 6       |
| 28        | KORAPUT          |              | 1               |           | 1       |
| 29        | LUCKNOW          | 4            | 6               | 1         | 11      |
| 30        | MADURAI          |              | 1               |           | 1       |
| 31        | NAGPUR           | 1            |                 | 3         | 4       |
| 32        | NOIDA            |              | 4               | 3         | 7       |
| 33        | PANAJI           |              |                 | 1         | 1       |
| 34        | PATNA            |              | 2               | 5         | 7       |
| 35        | PUNE             |              |                 | 1         | 1       |
| 36        | RAGHUNATHGANJ    | 1            |                 |           | 1       |
| 37        | RAIPUR           | 1            |                 |           | 1       |
| 38        | RANCHI           |              | 2               | 2         | 4       |
| 39        | SHILLONG         |              |                 | 2         | 2       |
| 40        | SILIGURI         |              | 3               | 1         | 4       |
| 41        | SRINAGAR         | 1            | 2               |           | 3       |
| 42        | TRIVANDRUM       | 1            |                 |           | 1       |
| 43        | VARANASI         | 1            | 5               | 2         | 8       |
| 44        | VATAKARA         |              |                 | 1         | 1       |
| 45        | VIJAYAWADA       |              | 2               |           | 2       |
|           | Total            | 22           | 71              | 58        | 151     |

ANSWER ON 23.07.2018 REGARDING IGNOU STUDY CENTRES ASKED BY SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL

## Study Centres established from 01/04/2018 till date

| Sl. No.          | RCNAME   | Spcial (D) Programme (p)   | Regular   | Total   |
|------------------|----------|----------------------------|-----------|---------|
| 1 AGARTALA       |          | 1                          | 1         |         |
| AHMEDABAD        |          | 1                          | 1         | 2       |
| ALIGARH          |          | 1                          | 1         | 3       |
| 4 BANGALORE      |          |                            | 2         | 2       |
| 5 BHOPAL         |          | 5                          | 1         | 6       |
| 6 BHUBANESHWAR   |          | 2                          | 3         | 5       |
| COCHIN           |          | 1                          | 2 3       | 7       |
| DELHI 1          |          | 1                          | 1         | 8       |
| 9 DELHI 2        | 1        | 1                          |           | 2       |
| 10 DEOGHAR       |          |                            | 2         | 2       |
| 11 GANGTOK       |          | 1                          |           | 1       |
| 12 GUWAHATI      |          |                            | 1         | 1       |
| 13 HYDERABAD     |          |                            | 1         | 1       |
| 14 JABALPUR      |          | 1                          | 1         | 2       |
| 15 JAIPUR        |          | 1                          | 1         |         |
| 16 JODHPUR       | 1        | 2                          | 2         | 5       |
| 17 KARNAL        |          | 3                          | 1         | 4       |
| 18 KHANNA        | 1        |                            |           | 1       |
| 19 KOHIMA        |          | 2                          |           | 2       |
| 20 LUCKNOW       |          | 9                          | 2         | 11      |
| 21 MADURAI       |          |                            | 1         | 1       |
| 22 NOIDA         |          | 2                          |           | 2       |
| 23 PORT BLAIR    |          | 1                          |           | 1       |
| 24 RAGHUNATHGANJ |          | 1                          |           | 1       |
| 25 RAIPUR        |          | 3                          |           | 3       |
| 26 SHIMLA        |          | 1                          |           | 1       |
| 27 VATAKARA      |          |                            | 2         | 2       |
| 28 VIJAYAWADA    |          | 6                          |           | 6       |
| 29 VISAKHAPATNAM |          | 1                          |           | 1       |
| Total            | 3        | 47                         | 21        | 71      |