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PAPER ID:IJIM/V.2(VIII)/19-21 /3
AUTHOR: Dr. Ravneet Kaur
TITLE: STUDENTS SUPPORT SERVICES : A STUDY OF DEPARTMENT OF DISTANCE EDUCATION, PUNJABI UNIVERSITY, PATIALA
ABSTRACT:The Department of Distance Education, Punjabi University, Patiala is one of the pioneer and oldest institution imparting education through the mode of distance education to the students who are unable to seek education through regular mode. About fifty four multi- faculty programmes with inter-disciplinary approach to approximately eighteen thousand students had been offered. There had been many activities floated by the department to provide opportunities to the students to express themselves. But due to paucity of funds and other constraints , it had not been possible to extend such facilities to all the students but efforts are being made for improvement in delivering such services to maximum possible number of students.
KEYWORDS: :Distance Education, Distance Learners, SIM