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Patna University is the seventh oldest University of India, with the richest of academic traditions. The best students from all over the Eastern Region and Abroad have always sought to be educated in this University. We would like it to regain its past glory and rise to new heights through modernization and all-round development. Special efforts are required for achieving high academic excellence. Qualitative change in Higher Education is possible only through radical means including incorporating Information Technology / e-Governance, adopting a policy of social inclusion and making quantitative as well as qualitative changes in teaching, research & development activities. We would need synergistic efforts and cooperation from all quarters for achieving this distinction, so that we may provide quality education to all our students.
The Directorate of Distance Education, Patna University was established in 1974, has been one of the pioneering institutions of its kind in eastern India. It has been striving to extend the reach of higher education to different sections of the Society.
The Students have been studying the same syllabi and are subjected to the same regulations as that of the regular students of Patna University. The degree awarded is also the same. Over the years, it has undergone several changes in order to give benefit to the students more so that they do not feel themselves alienated at any stage. In the fast changing world and the advent of new age of technologies, this institution is also transforming itself to meet the desirous role to excel in the field of higher education. This institution has started the online admission facility from this session to ease the woes of the students and committed for the betterment of students at large. Wishing good luck and progress for all their endeavor.
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Distance Education is no longer new to India. The population of the country is multiplying year fast. The number of persons desirous of getting higher education is also increasing in the same proportion. But it is not possible for the government to provide traditional college for all of them. For catering to the need of such persons the system of distance education has been evolved. Such in formal education is being provided and propagated-for the last 40-50 years. The system of distance education was adopted in western countries like England, America etc, when the problem of increasing population arose there. In our country too the system of distance education was adopted in a similar situation. The Directorate of Distance Education, Patna University was establishment in 1974 with the purpose of providing higher education through correspondence and distant learning methods to such persons, who though possessing necessary educational qualifications, were unable to join any regular college. Those persons, who are engaged in some service of business, can also get themselves admitted to the directorate and receive higher education. It is also a book for those females who have no frequent opportunities due to engagements in house hold works.
The mode of imparting instruction through Distance Education has been found useful, effective and less expensive in almost all developed countries and also in many universities in our own country. The study material (or lessons) is carefully planned and prepared by a team of efficient experienced and devoted teachers. The printed study materials are made available to the students at regular intervals. Well-planned lessons with necessary instruction, illustrative example, thought provoking exercises and test questions act both as text book and teacher to the students. After studying the lessons and recommended reading materials, the students are required to solve exercise and answer the test questions and send them to the Directorate. The answer sent by the students are known as Response sheets. The Directorate arranges to return the Response Sheets to the students concerned after correction, evolution and suggestions for improvement by the teacher, the students may also refer to the difficult points, if any in their lessons for further clarification by teachers. This type of two-way communication between teachers and the students is really an essential feature of this distant learning.