The Mission of CODL is to function as the professional association of management education concerned with quality of management, manpower training and development, management research, curriculum development and take all such steps on its own or in collaboration with other agencies for the promotion of Management Education in India.
To strive for coordinated development of learner-centric open and distance learning (ODL) system and ensure high quality of education, meet challenges of access and equity to reach the un-reached, the Council of Distance Learning (CODL) shall:
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Encourage state governments/conventional universities to establish open universities/ distance education institutes and create a network of such institutions.
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Provide financial support and grants and academic guidelines to institutions of open and distance education.
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Evolve norms, procedures and guidelines in respect of admission, evaluation, and certification.
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Assess and accredit institutions of open and distance learning to ensure quality.
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Encourage use of technology in education and provide opportunities for sharing technological resources and competencies through inter-university partnerships/consortia.
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Facilitate development and sharing of self-instructional (multiple media) materials amongst different open universities/distance education institutions.
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Facilitate sharing of student support services created by various State Open Universities (SOUs) and correspondence course Institutes (CCIs).
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Promote convergence of conventional, ODL and other systems to facilitate mobility of learners through credit transfer/sharing.
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Promote research and innovation in ODL systems.
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Facilitate training for indigenous capacity building in ODL systems.
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Create databases for SOUs, CCIs, distance educators and functionaries associated with ODL systems.
CODL must function as the true representative body of management education in the country, safeguarding the interests of the sector and contributing to quality improvement on a continuing basis. CODL must make determined efforts to develop and project its identity as the national network of the management schools system in India with its presence, voice and impact felt that respected in relevant national management and policy fora. This would call for rededicated commitment to its mission and well articulated programs of action
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