Analysis of Quality Improvement through ICT Based Online Admission Process in Open and Distance Mode of Education | Original Article

ABSTRACT:

The Open and Distance Learning (ODL) system has shown a tremendous growth during the past few decades due to its unique feature of being a user-friendly system. In this system, the students are free to learn at their own pace and convenience while being away from the institution. This uniqueness and the ease of gaining knowledge have a pivotal role to play in facilitating today’s emerging knowledge society. Information and communication technology (ICT) has significantly affected the process of admission in higher educational institutions. ICT also improves the interaction between the students and the institution as well as academician too. ICT based tools and technology not only useful for the regular mode of education it also plays important role in open and distance learning mode and improves the facilities of the institution for the learners. It has provided an edge to ways and means of traditional form of admission process and has given new dimensions to online admission. The article aims to measure the impact of ICT on online admission process in higher educational institutions in the state of Chhattisgarh. The framework of the study aims to find out the inter-effect of ICT among the academic institutions for the online admission process in the state of Chhattisgarh. The outcome suggests ICT adoption in the process of admission among academic institutions in the state of Chhattisgarh for the open and distance education.