Indira Gandhi Open University (IGNOU) Study Center of B. S. College, lohardaga is letting the candle of education in the district. It is attached with the Ranchi Regional Center.
The IGNOU Center of lohardaga has been started in 2005 with 30 students and as the coordinator Prof. A.P. Singh rendered his services. Since then the number of students is increasing rapidly and till Jul 2012, it reached to 60. Prof. Govind Sahu also served as coordinator in this period. Since Aug 2012,
Prof. Shashi Kumar Gupta, H.O.D. of Chemistry is trying to connect the people with different courses as coordinator. Within 8 months the number of the students crossed 200. Now the study of the some subjects of M.A. course has also been started in the center and Prof. Gupta is trying continuously to get the approval for all the subjects in M.A. To provide the benefit of stipend to the students a regular correspondence to the District Welfare Department is being made by the coordinator.
Now the percentage of the women is 70 of the total candidates. The center has become a boon for the students who could not seek admissions in any college and who had left the education for any reason.
The easy admission process, less fee and conduction of the examination in time made it more popular. The Director of the Regional center A. Rao is assisting the center to his best. The classes are run by the councilors time to time and they also direct the students to complete their assignments.
Prof. Gupta is rendering the dual services as a professor of Chemistry and the coordinator of the IGNOU Center 3614. In his guideline the
center is being popular day by day and is being proved as sheet anchor for the students of the district.