• Dr.G.Venkatachalam

Distance education like education is immensely important for every individual for his/her proper burgeoning. Words of Swami Vivekananda in this context are pertinent indeed. He said, “Education is the manifestation of knowledge already within”. In analogy child like plant requires suitable atmosphere for its growth. But in our country most of the children are bereaved of the desired suitable environment as a result their growth hardly has reached the coveted level. This is the juncture where distance education contributes copiously, sensing the needs of those who could not achieve the educational goal during the specified period in their student lives for one reason or other. It helps largely the desirous candidates to recreate their academic excellence in a later stage. The present research paper aims at endeavoring the analysis of finances of DECs of select Universities in Andhra Pradesh. In other words, it focuses on the pattern of income and expenditure of select DECs. Eleven (11) DECs of conventional Universities in A.P were established in between 1972-73 and 2003-04. In order to carry out time series analysis, DECs started before1-4-1999 is brought into the sample frame, thus, covering a period of not less than 10 years. Consequently, the universe for the study constitutes 8 DECs of conventional Universities in A.P. The DECs of three conventional Universities i.e., Andhra University, Sri Venkateswara University and Osmania University are purposely selected each one from Andhra, Rayalaseema and Telengana regions of the state. The study makes use of secondary data only. The information/data is collected from annual budgets, administrative and audit reports. The period of the present research study is confined to 10 years commencing from 1999-2000 to 2008-09. This period is relevant due to much significance accorded to distance mode of education in the state. As a prelude to the analysis of income and expenditure, enrollment of students is presented. Total income generated from different sources besides average income and total expenditure of individual DECs of select Universities along with category-wise average expenditure are focused.

Performance of DECs in Traditional Universities in Andhra Pradesh

"Performance of DECs in Traditional Universities in Andhra Pradesh", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 9, page no.c523-c530, September-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2209282.pdf

"Performance of DECs in Traditional Universities in Andhra Pradesh", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 9, page no. ppc523-c530, September-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2209282.pdf