IGNOU offers telecentre management classes
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has joined hands with Telecentre.Org Academy to launch a certificate course on Telecentre or Village Knowledge Centre Management programme.
Telecentre is a place where villagers can use computers, Internet and other digital technologies to develop information and communication skills and provide knowledge to their community for better livelihood.
It can provide access to critical services and information which charge a nominal fee to meet the operational costs and keep themselves motivated to provide these services on a long term basis, IGNOU said.
The telecentres are the villagers’ source of information and a facilitation centre which provides government services, health information, basic computer education, vocational skills, information on government schemes, bus or train ticket, market information, banking services, weather forecast, expert legal advice, agriculture related information and grievance redress.
IGNOU has planned to offer diploma, PG diploma and MBA in the course based on social enterprise, which draws its knowledge base from sociology, rural development, governance, information technology and management.
The course has been aims to assistance about five lakhs telecentre managers and more than 50 organizations in the country.
Source: [IndiaBlooms]
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