New Delhi: Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) will organize a Sixth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning, which is scheduled to be conducted from November 24-28, 2010. The venue will be Le Meridian in Kochi, Kerala. As per sources, about 700 delegates from 70 countries are expected to participate in this event in order to discuss the importance of open and distance learning.
In general, the theme of the conference will be 'Access and Success in Learning Global Development Perspectives to Learning for Development'. The conference will discuss what open and distance learning has done and still can do in terms of success. Moreover, it will be an accessible forum for all member nations of the Commonwealth.
P.R. Ramanujam, Programme Chair of the Conference, has said that the forum is mainly for researchers, planners and policy makers in the field of open and distance learning and development. He also said that the conference opens opportunities to share experiences, expertise and to discuss about future policy and provision.
The list of the guest speakers at the conference includes some prominent names such as the former junior external affairs minister Shashi Tharoor, agricultural scientist M.S. Swaminathan - credited with India's Green Revolution - and IGNOU Vice Chancellor V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai.
