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Partners
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Open University of Sri Lanka - OUSL |
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The
Organization |
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Open
University of Sri Lanka (OUSL) is a state-own university under
the University Grants Commission that manages all state universities
in Sri Lanka. Major funding comes from the government. It charges
a nominal fee from the students, as registration and tuition
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History |
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Established
in 1980, The Open University of Sri Lanka (OUSL) is the only
recognised University in Sri Lanka where students are able to
pursue further education through distance learning techniques. |
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Its
mission is to enhance opportunities for adult life-long learning
of people by facilitating Open and Distance learning and supporting
excellence in research and scholarship. |
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There
are over 30 000 students currently registered in the OUSL.
The education is provided in a decentralised manner through
four Regional Centres, sixteen Study Centres and five Teaching
Centres. These decentralised centres have the services of counselling,
issuing of application forms for programmes of study, registrations,
distribution of course materials, face-to-face contact sessions,
and laboratory facilities for practical sessions, demonstrations
and conducting of examinations. There are laboratory facilities
in the Regional Centres. The courses are usually delivered through
printed lesson materials, supported by discussion classes, audio-visual
materials, assignments etc., and by continuous assessments followed
by formal examination. |
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One
of its goals is to develop a participatory approach for community
empowerment. The Rural Research Unit, an interfaculty unit,
was set up to assess rural technology and other educational
needs to empower the community. Several programmes are under
way, one with the assistance of the Commonwealth of Learning,
Canada, to facilitate community dialogue through rural radio
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Several
projects are in hand to assess the suitability of technology
packages such as rainwater harvesting, domestic cooking, and
low-cost bridges. The unit has been operating an organic farm
for the last five years to try out different means available
to manage agriculture with minimum external inputs. |
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Role
in the ODW Programme |
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OUSL
is offering a certificate course in Sustainable Livelihoods
that is acceptable by the university system in the country. |
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Unlike
conventional universities, OUSL has more flexibility when it
comes to developing education programmes to suit the rural community.
The course on “Sustainable livelihood - Appropriate technology”
is to be conducted under the existing Rural Research Unit and
teach a total of 90 students, 30 each in the following three
study centres, Ampara, Badulla and Vavuniya from May 2005. The
proposed course is for students with minimum education qualifications
who come from farming background. The duration of the course
is one year and the practical experiences will be counted as
part of the course. |
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Contact
Details |
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Address |
Open University
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Nawala |
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Nugegoda |
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+94 11 2853777 |
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Fax |
+94 11 2822737 |
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Web
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www.ou.ac.lk |
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Progress
at Dec. 2008* |
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Activities |
2008 Target |
2008 Achieved |
2007 Results |
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Recruitment of the 3rd
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120 |
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Conducted of training of
2nd batch and evaluation |
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* Date last reported |
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More details
available at:
Annual Progress Report 2008 |
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