Basic Education in India through Open and Distance Learning

The document provides a broad description of meaning and scope of basic education through Distance and Open Learning System in the context of developments during the late twentieth century in India. It also attempts to describe some agencies and projects, which had successfully taken up open learning mode to impart basic education to various groups during the late twentieth century period in India. It describes the different models and strategies adopted in implementing basic education to different groups at different levels of learning using distance and open learning modalities in the late twentieth century in India. It also presents an analysis and discussion of the potential projects in implementing basic education. von Kaushal, Savita