The Odisha State Open University (OSOU) would soon launch an “Earn While You learn” programme for its students.
The OSOU has signed an MoU with the Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation limited (MKCl) in this regard. Students would start getting stipend from the first month and they would attracted to service sectors, said OSOU Vice-Chancellor Srikant Mohapatra.
The minimum eligibility criteria for the said programme have been set Plus II and students would be selected through a screening process.
Besides, the Open University also launched a mobile application for online admission process.
It has signed two MoUs with the Sambalpur University and the Gangadhar Meher University to provide add-on courses to the students.
It also signed a MoU with the State Institute of Rural Development to enhance the skill and managerial capacity of elected three-tier Panchayati Raj representatives by providing them Rural Development courses.
“In the days to come, the University is planning to open study centres at the Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT), Berhampur University, Shree Jagannath Sanskrit University and Ravenshaw University,” Dr Mohapatra revealed.
Notably, the OSOU, established in 2015, provides Post-Graduate Diploma, Advance Diploma, Diploma and Certificate courses in 37 fields which include Business Management, Rural Development, Journalism and Mass Communication.