IGNOU to train 10 million rural people
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has collaborated with nearly a dozen universities in as many countries to develop skills among 10 million rural people in the next six years.
They will be empowered in areas like agriculture, fisheries, handicrafts and other vocational skills which are source of income for people in their own region.
‘The aim is to make rural people skilled. We will try to bridge the digital divide among people and thus empower them,’ IGNOU Vice Chancellor V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai.
The skill development would be region specific and will be facilitated through tele-centres across the countries, including Uganda, Hungary, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Brazil, Chile, Thailand and the Philippines.
The International Development Research Centre (IDRC), a Canadian organisation, is collaborating with the IGNOU for the purpose.
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