REACHING OUT - Univ to offer e-courses for
African states
Chennai:
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
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University of Madras is one of five universities across the country that will offer diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate courses to students from African countries through an e-learning module.This will be facilitated by the ministry of external affairs under the PanAfrican e-Network, a project launched under UPA-II that the NDA government has extended for five years.
“The government will offer scholarships to African students that [the Centre will pay] directly to Indian universities which will get around `10 crore per annum. The total budget set aside by the Indian government is around `50 crore per annum,“ a senior university official said.
Each university will be allotted a maximum of 1,500 students, he said.
University of Madras, along with Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) and Amity University , was asked to create course programmes that could be uploaded on e-platforms for the academic year starting in October.
The Pan-African e-network was one of Africa's biggest information and communications technology projects and covered students from 11 countries.
A key advantage for India includes publicity for Indian education abroad.Universities can also offer the courses to students who are not eligible for scholarships, which will help fill their coffers, officials said. University of Madras has been a partner institute from the launch of the project in 2009.
“The government will offer scholarships to African students that [the Centre will pay] directly to Indian universities which will get around `10 crore per annum. The total budget set aside by the Indian government is around `50 crore per annum,“ a senior university official said.
Each university will be allotted a maximum of 1,500 students, he said.
University of Madras, along with Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) and Amity University , was asked to create course programmes that could be uploaded on e-platforms for the academic year starting in October.
The Pan-African e-network was one of Africa's biggest information and communications technology projects and covered students from 11 countries.
A key advantage for India includes publicity for Indian education abroad.Universities can also offer the courses to students who are not eligible for scholarships, which will help fill their coffers, officials said. University of Madras has been a partner institute from the launch of the project in 2009.
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