Sir John Daniel, President & CEO, COL visits NIOS

A programme was organised at the NIOS headquarters, NIODA on 13 November 2009 in connection with the visit of Sir John Daniel, President & CEO, Commonwealth of Learning (COL). Sir John shared his perspectives on the challenges and opportunities for Open and Distance Learning (ODL) in Secondary
Education. He also spoke about the enormous task of developing countries to develop and expand Open Schooling as promising alternatives which can be integrated with other approaches to make them more cost effective and cost-efficient. He also stressed on the need for the creation of Open Education Resources (OER) to create a global intellectual common in which learning materials can be shared. He urged the Open Schools to move towards greater integration with the wider educational system in order to make Universal Secondary Education a reality.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr S.S. Jena, Chairman, NIOS stated that the NIOS had been
entrusted with a significant task of meeting the educational needs of the large number of
learners who are otherwise eligible for Secondary and Senior Secondary Education and deprived segment of the society. Dr. Sridhar, Director, Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) also participated in the programme and explained the enormous media possibilities which have opened up due to erevolution.

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