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NOTE FOR EDITOR: Changes of Learners’ Socio-Economic Context After Completing A Professional Education from Bangladesh Open University

Year 2009, Volume: 10 Issue: 3, 23 - 31, 01.09.2009

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Creating same opportunity in term of social and economic context for the learners of distance education as the students from conventional education is a challenging task since professional education through distance method is a new genre in Bangladesh. This genre of professional education starts successfully with the establishment of the Bangladesh Open University (BOU) in 1992. The university creates immense opportunities to study anytime and anywhere. This paper explains what social and economic changes happened to the students who completed a professional programme like B.Ag.Ed, MBA, CEMBA and CEMPA at the Bangladesh Open University. As BOU is the first and pioneer organization, which provides education in distance mode, a study has been necessary for BOU to know what contribution it provides to the nation in social and economic aspects. This paper should be able to elevate the morale of the organizations like BOU in involving more effort for expanding the organization and also to understand how successful these organization in imparting the knowledge and skill and how effectively the students are able to use those knowledge and skill in their professional life which in turn affects the learners’ income and social esteem. The university has been established with aims to raise the standard of education and to give the people educational opportunities by democratizing education and to create a class of competent people by raising the standard of education of the people generally. The paper also shows how the professional programmes of BOU supports to achieve the Millennium Development Goals in Bangladesh.

A. K. M. Iftekhar KHALID

Year 2009, Volume: 10 Issue: 3, 23 - 31, 01.09.2009

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Primary Language English
Journal Section Articles
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Publication Date September 1, 2009
Submission Date February 27, 2015
Published in Issue Year 2009 Volume: 10 Issue: 3

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APA Khalıd, A. K. M. I. (2009). NOTE FOR EDITOR: Changes of Learners’ Socio-Economic Context After Completing A Professional Education from Bangladesh Open University. Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 10(3), 23-31.