IGNOU to train ten thousand teachers on the NEP 2020

The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has announced training program for over 10,000 teachers. This announcement was made by the Vice Chancellor of the university on the occasion of India’s Independence day.

‘IGNOU is committed to providing quality education at an affordable cost to millions of aspiring learners in diverse disciplines offered by the university,’ said Nageshwar Rao, VC of IGNOU.

He added that the university is working with the aim of achieving the national goals through the launch of new



programs / courses in regional languages ​​as envisaged in the New Education Policy 2020 (NEP) to realize the goal of a 50 per cent Gross Enrolment Ratio ( GER) by 2035.

From last year till now, IGNOU has launched over 40 online programs, the Vice Chancellor announced, adding that the University will now be training 10,000 teachers on the NEP 2020. He also shared that a course on “Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat” has been introduced. by IGNOU which has gotten a good response from the learners and 4,000 students have already opted for the course.