ROLE OF UNIVERSITIES IN CONTINUE EDUCATION IN INDIA
Keywords:
Continue Education, Role of UniversitiesAbstract
Ours is the second largest most populous country of the world and dominated by rural population. Illiteracy and ignorance have been the major issues which have hampered the pace and process of the development. Being an agrarian society, illiteracy has also adversely affected the economy of the country and the same has subsequently resulted in terms of slow the progress of industrialisation due to unskilled and semi-skilled workforce. Therefore, the need for liquidation of illiteracy is being highlighted since long. The present paper highlights the background of the significance of continuing education, content, programmes and agencies of continuing education as well as a role of universities in promoting continuing education. The present paper has its implications for developmental agencies, functionaries of adults & life-long learning departments and university system to evolve such a mechanism including designing of need based content, activities and programmes of continuing education so that besides acquisition of minimum learning skills and development of awareness regarding the existing contemporary issues, level of skill development and technical know-how among adult/workforce of our country is ensured.
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