<p>About three years after the Dubai government shut down the centres of Indira Gandhi National Open University (Ignou) and the National Institute of Open Schooling (Nios) in the country, India is gearing up to take up the matter with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for its reopening. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The Nios and Ignou centres have not been functioning in Dubai since 2010. <br />The Dubai government ordered their closure after the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA), an education-regulatory body in the country, questioned the quality of the education they provided. “We have decided to take up the matter with the government at Abu Dhabi,” a senior official of the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry told Deccan Herald here. The HRD Ministry will soon consult the Ministries of External Affairs and Overseas Affairs on the issue. <br /><br />The Ministry of Education in the UAE is headquartered in Abu Dhabi. “They (Dubai government) have flagged some issues. We are looking into them to sort out the problems. We will consult the Ministry of External Affairs and Ministry of Overseas Affairs on the issue,” the official said. <br /><br />The ministry’s decision to take up the matter through diplomatic channels comes after officials of the Nios and Ignou failed to convince the KHDA in Dubai for allowing the reopening of their centres.“Students enrolled in Dubai centres are taken to Sharjah to attend their classes. It’s a problem. We need to resolve these issues,” the official said.<br /><br />“They have allowed Cambridge University to run their programmes from the same centre from where we were operating. It’s very unfair that they allow one foreign institution to operate but not us. I have a feeling that they do not want us to operate in their jurisdiction as they want to promote only European institutions,” Nios chairperson S S Jena told <em>Deccan Herald</em>.</p>
<p>About three years after the Dubai government shut down the centres of Indira Gandhi National Open University (Ignou) and the National Institute of Open Schooling (Nios) in the country, India is gearing up to take up the matter with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for its reopening. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The Nios and Ignou centres have not been functioning in Dubai since 2010. <br />The Dubai government ordered their closure after the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA), an education-regulatory body in the country, questioned the quality of the education they provided. “We have decided to take up the matter with the government at Abu Dhabi,” a senior official of the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry told Deccan Herald here. The HRD Ministry will soon consult the Ministries of External Affairs and Overseas Affairs on the issue. <br /><br />The Ministry of Education in the UAE is headquartered in Abu Dhabi. “They (Dubai government) have flagged some issues. We are looking into them to sort out the problems. We will consult the Ministry of External Affairs and Ministry of Overseas Affairs on the issue,” the official said. <br /><br />The ministry’s decision to take up the matter through diplomatic channels comes after officials of the Nios and Ignou failed to convince the KHDA in Dubai for allowing the reopening of their centres.“Students enrolled in Dubai centres are taken to Sharjah to attend their classes. It’s a problem. We need to resolve these issues,” the official said.<br /><br />“They have allowed Cambridge University to run their programmes from the same centre from where we were operating. It’s very unfair that they allow one foreign institution to operate but not us. I have a feeling that they do not want us to operate in their jurisdiction as they want to promote only European institutions,” Nios chairperson S S Jena told <em>Deccan Herald</em>.</p>
