A.  IGNOU's Master of Arts Education Programme is an innovative programme that provides a wide and comprehensive understanding of education covering a variety of areas ranging from understanding the concept of education to understanding how knowledge is generated in education.

The course will help you acquire a higher level of specialisation in one of the following aspects of education: Higher education, distance education, educational technology or educational management. The objective of the programme is to produce of well-trained professionals who are knowledgeable in education and its various dimensions.

More specifically, it intends to:

•  provide learning-experience, which will enable you to understand and appreciate knowledge structures and paradigms of education;
  
•  develop professionals for effective participation in different areas of education;
  
• create a community of scholars adequately equipped for participation in
  

Total number of credits: 68. You must cover 34 credits each year. The dissertation work in Year 2 carries 10 Credits

Eligibility: A Bachelor's Degree (any discipline) with/without a degree in education. Hence, you are eligible. You can complete the programme in a minimum of two years and in a maximum of five years.

Medium of instruction: English

Fee: Rs 10,000 for the entire programme (one instalment).

The multi-media instructional mode combines self-instructional print material, audio/video components, assignments, counselling sessions, teleconferencing, interactive radio counselling, and dissertation work. More details: www.ignou.ac.in.