open university concept and vision

by GHULAM MOHYUDDIN WANI

NRAA,KRISHI VISTAR BAVAN,PUSA,NEW DELHI  110012

Educational  in indian culture reflects as an third eye of the humans.It distinguishes them from animals and other living creatures on this planet.Vedic vision  of SIVA WITH THIRD EYE is infact a collective wisdom concept and foresight .It reflected infinite energy,potential and a holostic approach to gain wisdom,Thus education in general transforms an ordinary person into extra ordinary.We can cite a thousand examples of people born in humble families and communities turn to be as great scholars and visionaries.You know them and see then arround or in the history of this world.The point which I wish to stress here the need of education.Education is the shine and glow which brings learning ,skills,inventions,innovations and transformation in a society.The divinity sermons lite Tut Tvum Asi- you are supreme if your acquire ultimate and invisible knowledge and trusth.The myth foretells every one is geneious and capable of Trust,wisdom and  divinity,The sprituality follows deep persuits of Asna and Meditiation.Over years all the golden ages in history of mankind are rememberd for thier wisdom.A short review of communities and groups who were involved in mordern day educational development can be summarized in the following review.

Review of educational development

Greek educationsts.

Greek cultural revolution and development is remembered by thier ancient medicine which even today persists as unini hakmat in India and we have excellent unnani medical colleges and even now a university under the title of HAMDARAD UNIERSITYexists within the capital.The greek theory of purpose,application and interpretation are still regarded as the basic concepts of education.The Greek educational developments paved a way out of the Greek Dark AGE 1100 BC and revolutionized the world knowledge untill DORIAN INVASION IN 146 BC,The educational backup and knowledge perceptions survived over ages,Although every invasion or revolution tries to destroy these centers of wisdom and peace,Thus since time immemorial education,learing and wisdom is in harmony with peace and prosperity.The the old or the modern day crusaders only which destroy libraries and knowledge centers accross the world.Be it the demolishing of tombs,libraries or the monoments,peace sgnifies culture and education,War destroys it and spreads barbaism and illetracy.All great nation on this universe thrived and progressed untill they percieved cultural and educational superiorty and authority.Once they deviated from it they vanished like shasows in the darkness.

Roman educational theiology

Battle of corinth gave a new dimension to romen culture and education.Most of it borrowed from Greek culture and educational treasures brought during wars to Europeian libraries.Roman culture and educational setups were more steriocopiess of the Greeks .and other ancient cultures than their own innovations and developments.Even todays educational innovations like organic food and biotech farming are borrowed western technologies rather than innovated one.A system which allows to patent patna rice or even haldi can at best be remembered as pirators and not inventors.Thus the point I wish to make here is every culture,community or country have gone through cultural revolutions and wars which efected both educational institutions and establishments and moral transformations.Our short lived memoris remembered those in power or those in print and not those who were and are the poineers.The roman educational set ups coupled with Greek PHILOSOPHICAL PERSISTENCE was improved upon by the muslims in their GOLDE RENAISSANCE during 9-13 century.

GOLDEN ISLAMIC EDUCATIONAL RENAISSANCE

What is an open university concept?

Open University concept is aimed at determined goals

         To attain education for general awareness

         To support a particular profession

        To up grad skill or knowledge for a specified job.

Intent and onus

  Deeper probing and acquiring knowledge.

  Student intended  study management  

   Onus is on student  learning not on subject .

Conventional verses open university

The routine university set up has accumulated unemployed graduates and postgraduates in subject oriented disciplines without any reference to employment or job requirements.

The Open University aims at breaking classroom daily routine and prepare its pupils to learn and gain access to knowledge where they are and while working or during off time schedules.

Success stories

Many success stories can be written on emeritus boys and girls attaining degrees during off hours by attending evening classes in The best example of Sir Mohammad Iqbal ,of sarae jahan sae acha fame,can be quoted when he acquired three degree of philosophy, law and PhD while preparing for a degree course in U.K.

.The evening and part time course routine has been a common feature of in-service candidates of land grant UniversitiesS in USA

EDUCATIONAL ANNOVATIONS

The traditional universities in Germany and Japan have amended their curricula in 1980 to incorporate a project based degrees than a subject based one.

Openness in selecting and offering courses without barriers of prerequisites and essentials in these countries excelled their educational patterns in 1980.

A majority of graduates and post graduates in Germany and Japan were preferred in USA.Most of the noble and other prestigious prizes went to Germany in this era.

They stressed more on research and development than on theoretical models and details.The  courses to suit a protect were more important than the study of a particular subject.For example a student registered as doctorate candidate had a choice to attain skills and knowledge to undertake  his/her degree. Name of institute bears the mark and not the subject of study in his degree.THIS ALLOWED HIM/HER A VARIETY OF JOBS.

Problem-cause analysis.

   Any subject which existed as an discipline has been reclassified into hundreds of nest titles and courses and each course can have thousands topis.The minor and macro levels of understanding of a subject has been boardend enough to be covered in a time bound curricula.

Sepacialities and sub specialities have been increasing day after day with the result each subject taught in a university covers only definitions and meanings of the titles rather a holistic acquaintance with subject.

The job structures have on the other hand been changed to tune a more specific area than a journalistic approach.

Now we need more masters of a title than jacks of all titles or subjects. This shift in education Verses employment potential in USA and EU has already changed the face of even regular or conventional universities to virtual,open, correspondence or antiuniversity concepts.

Background /historical review

AS RIGHTLY SAID BY ALVIN Toffler’s 1990.turmiols and transitions make turns and curves in educational and cultural developments. The world of university cultures have perceived these turns during the industrial revolution in the past and the currently running information revolution. The third wave change has begun with present