• SUDIP MANDAL
• DR. SUBHAMOY BANIK
• MRS. ARUNDHUTI DAS
• DR. S. K.TRIVEDI

Distance education is very important for any developing country around the world as of populace and resources. Firstly face-to-face or formal education is not adequate to meet the entire population due to the vast demographic structure. The purpose of this paper is to recognize the present attitude of graduate students towards distance education and informal education. The other objective is to evaluate the attitude of the students towards higher education and enrollment ratio. An in a detailed study of entire Higher Educational institutions is categorized into three board categories, namely universities, colleges and stand-alone institutions. Apart from formal education distance education plays a pivotal role in higher education, as per AISHE report, 2015-16, student enrollment in distance education courses constituted a total of 11.05% of the total enrollment in higher education. It is very important for those students who have no time for regular class because of different sought of problems. The scope is increasing day by day in distance education and Open University play a pivotal role in this regard.

Attitude, Distance education, student’s enrollment

"ATTITUDES OF GRADUATE STUDENTS TOWARDS DISTANCE EDUCATION ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 2, page no.1139-1146, February-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1802240.pdf

"ATTITUDES OF GRADUATE STUDENTS TOWARDS DISTANCE EDUCATION ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 2, page no. pp1139-1146, February-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1802240.pdf