Transforming and empowering higher education through Open and Distance Learning in India
It is important to discuss the immediate need to face the factors affecting Higher education like, need for adequate funds for expansion, providing room for equal access to learning, research on cost benefit analysis, educational innovations and partnership, use of educational technology & quality assurance mechanism. In the recent times, Open Distance Learning as the most effective tool of all time. It has been argued that the higher educational providers play a significant role with respect to impart need-based education that would make the people truly educated with a progressive, rational, analytical, and skilful mind. It further highlights higher education as the need of the hour and suggests that education can boost the human resources and significantly improve their socio-economic conditions. It states, that human capital can only be brought to pace with good quality higher education. In the SDGs and how higher education is placed as Goal 4 which targets to achie...