• A. PRABHAKAR
• G. SUMATHI

The development of any nation largely depends on its educated persons. Their role is crucial in the process of modernization by using their knowledge in various fields of economy. That is why society realized to have an effective and encompassing educational system to change and influence its growth which promoted the community to continuously focus its attention on the planning and organization of educational system in the society and to achieve higher literacy rates. However conventional education is not catering of the educational needs of growing population in the country due to various constraints and inherent weakness. On the other hand, distance education plays a pivotal role in reaching a large number of needy persons through its characteristics features such as easy access, equity and relevance. Distance education is imparted normally under the modes, open university i.e. single mode and dual mode. Single mode institutions i.e. open universities are catering to the educational needs of off-campus students, whereas the institutions dual mode, serves the educational needs of both on campus and off-campus students to meet the growing demand for education. In this process, the dual mode technology driven taught situation, which are summed up as follows

Distance education, single mode, dual mode on campus, off-campus delegates, management

"MANAGEMENT OF DISTANCE EDUCATION UNDER DUAL MODE – PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.1, Issue 4, page no.338_344, April-2014, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701091.pdf

"MANAGEMENT OF DISTANCE EDUCATION UNDER DUAL MODE – PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.1, Issue 4, page no. pp338_344, April-2014, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701091.pdf