Education is one of the most important things in a human’s life. It is not as essential as water and food, but it is much important as we use clothes to cover our body.  Education is a constructive factor in each & everyone’s life. It is our right to get it!

Education makes a worthy contribution to our lives, by making us responsible citizens. We get to know our history and culture through education and imbibe those values. Education opens our mind and expands our horizon. It enables us to understand our duties as a citizen and encourages us to follow them. Education spreads awareness, informing us about our rights and the services that we can access.

ABOUT INDIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM

India’s higher education system is the third largest in the world, after China and the United States.
As of 2009, India has 20 central universities, 215 state universities, 100 deemed universities, 5 institutions established and functioning under the State Act, and 13 institutes which are of national importance.
Other institutions which include 16,000 colleges, 1800 exclusive women’s colleges, functioning under these universities and institutions.
Indian educational institutions by 2004 consisted of a large number of technology institutes. Distance learning is also a feature of the Indian higher education system.

Present economic standing of India – both in its limited successes and its myriad failures – is to a large extent a reflection of its education system. It takes justifiable pride in the successes of its handful of elite institutions of higher education in turning out world-class super-achievers.

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The popularity of distance learning college and courses is growing rapidly throughout the world. People are becoming increasingly conscious about the importance of education and are willing to make all of the sacrifices necessary to earn a degree. In this endeavor, the distance learning colleges and universities have been a great help. In fact, due to a handful of colleges/universities that had started offering online courses, today it has become a global phenomena.

The Financial Angle Of The Courses Offered By Distance Learning Colleges

People love the fact that they have the possibility of pursuing higher studies, while still attending their full-time jobs, their families, their homes. This is possible because the distance learning colleges and universities world-wide have opened their doors to the students over the Internet. This has made the education market global in the real sense. In this way, a European student can be completing his degree in a distance learning college in USA, while an American could be pursuing his MBA with a distance learning college in Australia.

There are many people interested to get a higher degree so they can get the much coveted position in their professional careers. However, can they afford it? This question has been already anticipated by the distance learning colleges themselves. The result is that most of these colleges offer scholarships – between 25-50 percent depending on conditions imposed by the scholarship guidelines.

For those who are not eligible for scholarship, the distance learning colleges usually tie up with banks for study loans. These banks, on the recommendation of the University, provide the student with a percentage or full amount of the fee as a loan at a very reasonable interest rate. The loans will be due for payment only after the course is over.

The availability of the loan makes it possible for many students, who are not well off financially, to avail of the opportunity of completing their studies. It is actually wonderful to be able to pursue your higher studies without worrying about quitting your job, being homeless, or neglecting your family.

This is exactly why these distance course have tie-ups with banks. People today are very busy and may not feel inclined to run around for a bank if they need a loan for the prized course they are planning to pursue. With such arrangements, a master’s degree, an MBA, and so on, are so much within the common man’s reach.