IGNOU courses now on mobile phones courtesy Ericsson:-Ericsson and IGNOU (The Indira Gandhi National Open University) collaborated together to offer IGNOU courses on the cell phones. This advance technology should allow students to gain maximum benefits of distant education. The India Government has lately started encouraging higher education in the country, where only 15% of students presently attend high school.
India is also facing a scarcity of teachers with higher degrees and about 50% of college professors teach devoid of any master’s degree or a PhD. Ericsson will create a 3G environment for students to download IGNOU course contents. The students will receive SMS alerts on to their cell phones. This new development also offers students to download the course content on to their mobile devices.
Professor V N Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice Chancellor of IGNOU said, “Our University is founded on the idea that education should be offered to less advantaged sections of society. With Ericsson’s help, we will create a learning platform that uses mobile devices to build educational excellence and exchange information. Our students will benefit from the flexibility of learning at their own pace, any time, anywhere.”
Gowton Achaibar, President of Ericsson India, stated, “This partnership is yet another proof point of telecommunication being key for development of society. Education using mobile broadband technology will provide an efficient and economical way to get content to students in distance learning programs. We have a clear opportunity to use India’s rapidly rising teledensity to bring the advantages of broadband to the world of education.”
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