Development of OER and ICT Policy of Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University (KKHSOU), Guwahati, Assam

Development of OER and ICT Policy of Krishna Kanta  Handiqui State Open University (KKHSOU), Guwahati

New Delhi, January 15, 2016: Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA), New Delhi assisted Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University (KKHSOU), Guwahati towards developing OER and ICT Policy of KKHSOU. To this purpose a meeting was held on 11^th and 12^th January 2016 at the University. The University facilitated the meeting to chalk out the mechanism for the implementation of OER and ICT Policy.

Convenor of the meeting, Dr. Ankuran Dutta, Associate Professor of KKHSOU presented the overview on open licensing declaration at University and stated the purpose and agenda of the two day meeting. The Vice Chancellor of KKHSOU Prof. (Dr.) Hitesh Deka said, OERs will act as a viaduct among all educational institutions and help to share the treasure of knowledge with each other and also help the conventional education teaching by taking classroom lecture to all needy people with the help of information technology tools. “Moreover as it is using tool of visualisation and graphics which will help to understand and retain the lesson for long term. These can act as a valuable tool for providing quality education to the people living in every nook and corner of the country,” he added.  

Programme Officer (Education) of CEMCA Dr. Manas Ranjan Panigrahi complimented the KKHSOU for showing interest in OERs and assured CEMCA’s full support/expertise to develop policy for the university. “It will help to increase the reach of this University to the heterogeneous masses,” said Dr. Panigrahi. Registrar of KKHSOU, Mr. R B Mahanta lauded the initiative of the University for having policy document for OER and ICT and he thanked to Dr. Ankuran Dutta for drafting both the policy document. He also stated that the OERs will give a new edge in disseminating knowledge.

Deans, Heads, faculty members from different schools of KKHSOU and resource person Dr. Manas Ranjan Panigrahi, Programme Officer (Education) CEMCA discussed  various aspects of OER and ICT policy development. At the end of meeting the group finalised the draft policy document for the proper and efficient implementation in the university. The meeting was also attended by Dr. Aniruddha Deka, Director, CIQA; Dr. Saikia, Deputy Registrar (Exam); Dr. Arupjyoti Choudhary, Dean (Academic) and heads of different departments and faculty members and Registrar Mr. R B Mahanta. The meeting ended with rendering of vote of thanks by Dr. Ankuran Dutta, Associate Professor of KKHSOU.