PATNA: Mohammad Hidayat Ali was awarded gold medal for securing 77% marks in Post-Graduate Diploma in Environment and Sustainable Development at the 23rd convocation of Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), Patna regional centre here on Wednesday.
A total of 3915 students were successful this year at the IGNOU’s Patna regional centre. Out of the total, as many as 775 students received their Master’s degree and Post-Graduate Diploma at the convocation held at Bharatiya Nritya Kala Mandir.
Imtiyaz Ahmed, director, Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library, who was the chief guest on this occasion, said that IGNOU has been doing a commendable job in distance learning by imparting knowledge and skills.
The director of Patna regional centre of IGNOU, Q Haider, said, “At present, Patna regional centre is offering as many as 46 courses, and soon we are planning to start online examination process. He added, “IGNOU has certainly succeeded in raising the standards of higher education in the country and preparing human resource.”
“More than 11 lakh professionals of the country are IGNOU pass-outs and we have more than 90% of rural coverage by now. Our aim is to provide an intelligent and flexible system of education to meet the challenges of access and equity, and work towards development of a knowledge society,” Haider told students.
The ceremony concluded with presentation of mementos to guests by the director of IGNOU’s Patna regional centre.