{"id":255,"date":"2024-03-20T09:20:14","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T09:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ksoumysuru.ac.in\/?page_id=255"},"modified":"2024-08-27T18:51:50","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T18:51:50","slug":"chancellor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ksoumysuru.ac.in\/index.php\/chancellor\/","title":{"rendered":"Chancellor"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"255\" class=\"elementor elementor-255\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4b620f21 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4b620f21\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-762face4\" data-id=\"762face4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57e6397f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"57e6397f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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The Open and Distance Learning (ODL) system is increasingly gaining importance in the educational scenario as it gives freedom to learn \u2018any time anywhere\u2019.<\/p><p>The working professionals, households, the disadvantaged sections of the society and people from backward regions, who cannot pursue education through \u2018in-class\u2019\/conventional mode get new opportunities to learn through distance education mode.<\/p><p>In the backdrop ICT intervention in education, the ODL system becomes even more important and its global importance is further emphasized in National Education Policy (NEP &#8211; 2019) importance of digital learning; online learning, as become imperative in the context of COVID19, where ODL system offers a new hope for internationalization of higher education.<\/p><p>The Karnataka State is a leading state in the higher education sector with a GER of 25.3% (for 2018-19, AISHE), the role of KSOU is vital in enhancing the GER of the state to much higher level. 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