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Centre for Ext

INDIRA GANDHI NATIO Maidan Garhi, New Delhi –

CERTIFICATE IN TELECENTRE/VILLAGE KNOWLEDGE CENTRE MANAGEMENT (CTVM)

ension Education

NAL OPEN UNIVERSITY

110068, India, www.ignou.ac.in

You will have the job to make a difference in your village! The Government of India is planning to set-up 250,000 telecentres (CSCs) at every village Panchayat in India by 2012. Apart from this, many NGOs, Social Enterprises are setting-up telecentres to bring change in rural villages. There is a need for 500,000 trained rural youths to manage these telecentres across India.

The Telecentre.org Foundation and IGNOU have entered into a unique collaboration to design and deliver this Certificate Programme in Telecentre/ Village Knowledge Centre Management, a first of its kind certificate course in India and internationally. This Programme aims to build the capacity of rural youths to manage their telecentres effectively both in India and abroad.

duration 6 Months to 2 Years

FEE `4,000 (Four Thousand only)

ELIGIBILITY Those who have completed 10 + 2 class or Operators/ Managers of telecentres run by NGOs across the nation and the potential village level entrepreneurs

JOB PROSPECTS Common Services Centres of Government of India, Village Knowledge Centres, Village Resource Centres, e-Choupals, KVKs, Drishtee, TARAhaat, etc.

OBJECTIVES To train Telecentre Operators/ Managers to manage the their telecentres effectively To improve the skills and knowledge base of existing Telecentre Managers To create opportunities for the village community through the trained Telecentre Managers To help bring public and private sector services to villages To help generate self-employed opportunities as Village Knowledge Centre Managers

Application forms along with the prospectus can be obtained in person by paying `200 in cash or pay Rs. 250 through Demand Draft drwan in favour of IGNOU, payable at New Delhi, from: The Director, Centre For Extension Education (CEE), Maidan Garhi, New Delhi – 110068, Tel: 011-29534104 The form can also be downloaded from the IGNOU website: www.ignou.ac.in Last date for submission of filled in forms is February 15, 2011.