Bhubaneswar: The Odisha State Open University (OSOU) will soon launch ‘Earn While You Learn’ programme for its students.
The varsity, while celebrating it’s third foundation day recently, signed an MoU with Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation Limited (MKCL) in this regard.
“Students will start getting stipend from the first month and they will be attached to service sectors,” said University Vice-Chancellor Dr. Srikant Mohapatra.
Plus II pass is the minimum eligibility criteria for the said programme and students will be selected through a screening process. The varsity also launched a mobile application for online admission process, on the occasion.
The OSOU has signed two MoUs with Sambalpur University and Gangadhar Meher University to provide add-on courses to the students. It also signed a MoU with State Institute Of Rural Development and PR to enhance the skill and managerial capacity of elected Panchayatiraj representatives of the state by providing them Rural Development courses.
“In the days to come, the varsity is planning to open study centers at Orissa university of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT), Berhampur University, Sri Jagannath Sanskrit University and Ravenshaw University,” Dr. Mohapatra added.
The OSOU, established in 2015, provides Post Graduate Diploma, Advance Diploma, Diploma and Certificate courses in 37 fields which includes management, Rural Development, journalism and mass communication.
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