<p>“The varsities should make use of technology and lay stress on e-learning. There is scope for learning more through the exchange of information among the universities. Every university should have a conference hall,” he said.<br /><br />The Governor was delivering the presidential address at the inauguration of a three-day international conference on ‘Open and distance learning in global environment: Issues and challenges’ organised by the Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) in the city on Wednesday.<br /><br />“Open universities can provide education of global standards through the use of technology,” Bhardwaj said. Karnataka enjoyed a pre-eminent position in the area of information and technology, he said, adding that KSOU can make use of this advantage to provide higher education to more people in the country.<br /><br />The Governor called upon the faculty and students of universities to inculcate discipline and a sense of responsibility among themselves, as otherwise the standards of higher education would come down. <br /><br />The conference was inaugurated by Prof V N Pillai, Vice-Chancellor of the Indira Gandhi National Open University. John Daniel, Chairman of Commonwealth of Learning, Canada delivered the keynote address.<br /><br />More than 500 delegates, including vice-chancellors of open universities from across the world are taking part in the conference. They will be discussing the contributions of distance education in the international level during the conference.</p>
<p>“The varsities should make use of technology and lay stress on e-learning. There is scope for learning more through the exchange of information among the universities. Every university should have a conference hall,” he said.<br /><br />The Governor was delivering the presidential address at the inauguration of a three-day international conference on ‘Open and distance learning in global environment: Issues and challenges’ organised by the Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) in the city on Wednesday.<br /><br />“Open universities can provide education of global standards through the use of technology,” Bhardwaj said. Karnataka enjoyed a pre-eminent position in the area of information and technology, he said, adding that KSOU can make use of this advantage to provide higher education to more people in the country.<br /><br />The Governor called upon the faculty and students of universities to inculcate discipline and a sense of responsibility among themselves, as otherwise the standards of higher education would come down. <br /><br />The conference was inaugurated by Prof V N Pillai, Vice-Chancellor of the Indira Gandhi National Open University. John Daniel, Chairman of Commonwealth of Learning, Canada delivered the keynote address.<br /><br />More than 500 delegates, including vice-chancellors of open universities from across the world are taking part in the conference. They will be discussing the contributions of distance education in the international level during the conference.</p>
