Jeddah student wins IGNOU gold medal
By ARAB NEWS
Published: Sep 12, 2011 22:54
JEDDAH: Fazilath M.A. Khan of IGNOU Saudi Arabia received a gold medal for her postgraduate degree in English at the 24th convocation of Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi, held in the Indian capital over the weekend.
A former student of International Indian School-Jeddah, Khan, now teaching at Jeddah's Al-Waha International School, is the sixth MA English gold medalist of IGNOU Saudi Arabia, which became operational as IGNOU's overseas center seven years ago.
IGNOU Saudi Arabia's gold medalists include Sabitha Rahim (2007), Sajida Fakhri (2008), Juveriya Hashmi (2009), Shahmida Mohammed (2010) and Alia Hamid Ali (2011), all women.
Fazilath was among five gold medalists among international students honored at the convocation. More than 110,000 students across India and abroad were conferred their degrees at the convocation. They included three Ph.D.s, 23,780 Bachelor's, 12,482 Master's, 29,269 diplomas and 46,364 certificates.
This achievement was possible because of hard work and the cooperation and encouragement from the faculty members from IGNOU-Saudi Arabia, Fazilath said. IGNOU Saudi Arabias Shahnaz Patel attributed its successful track record to the support from the international division of IGNOU New Delhi and the Indian diplomatic mission in Saudi Arabia.
IGNOU Saudi Arabia students have so far received 10 gold medals six of them consecutively for MA in English, two for BA and one for postgraduate diploma in financial management.
The local center has also received appreciation award as well as a gold medal for excelling as the best international center among 40 centers worldwide.
Jeddah student wins IGNOU gold medal - Arab News
The Indira Gandhi National Open University (Hindi: इंदिरा गाँधी राष्ट्रीय मुक्त विश्वविद्यालय
, known as IGNOU is a national university with its headquarters in New Delhi, Delhi, India. Named after former Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, the university was established in 1985 with a budget of INR 2000 crore, when the Parliament of India passed the Indira Gandhi National Open University Act, 1985 (IGNOU Act 1985).
IGNOU, the largest university in the world with 3,500,000 students; was founded to impart education by means of distance and open education, provide higher education opportunities particularly to the disadvantaged segments of society, to encourage, coordinate and set standards for distance and open education in India and strengthen the human resources of India through education
By ARAB NEWS
Published: Sep 12, 2011 22:54
JEDDAH: Fazilath M.A. Khan of IGNOU Saudi Arabia received a gold medal for her postgraduate degree in English at the 24th convocation of Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi, held in the Indian capital over the weekend.
A former student of International Indian School-Jeddah, Khan, now teaching at Jeddah's Al-Waha International School, is the sixth MA English gold medalist of IGNOU Saudi Arabia, which became operational as IGNOU's overseas center seven years ago.
IGNOU Saudi Arabia's gold medalists include Sabitha Rahim (2007), Sajida Fakhri (2008), Juveriya Hashmi (2009), Shahmida Mohammed (2010) and Alia Hamid Ali (2011), all women.
Fazilath was among five gold medalists among international students honored at the convocation. More than 110,000 students across India and abroad were conferred their degrees at the convocation. They included three Ph.D.s, 23,780 Bachelor's, 12,482 Master's, 29,269 diplomas and 46,364 certificates.
This achievement was possible because of hard work and the cooperation and encouragement from the faculty members from IGNOU-Saudi Arabia, Fazilath said. IGNOU Saudi Arabias Shahnaz Patel attributed its successful track record to the support from the international division of IGNOU New Delhi and the Indian diplomatic mission in Saudi Arabia.
IGNOU Saudi Arabia students have so far received 10 gold medals six of them consecutively for MA in English, two for BA and one for postgraduate diploma in financial management.
The local center has also received appreciation award as well as a gold medal for excelling as the best international center among 40 centers worldwide.
Jeddah student wins IGNOU gold medal - Arab News
The Indira Gandhi National Open University (Hindi: इंदिरा गाँधी राष्ट्रीय मुक्त विश्वविद्यालय
, known as IGNOU is a national university with its headquarters in New Delhi, Delhi, India. Named after former Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, the university was established in 1985 with a budget of INR 2000 crore, when the Parliament of India passed the Indira Gandhi National Open University Act, 1985 (IGNOU Act 1985).IGNOU, the largest university in the world with 3,500,000 students; was founded to impart education by means of distance and open education, provide higher education opportunities particularly to the disadvantaged segments of society, to encourage, coordinate and set standards for distance and open education in India and strengthen the human resources of India through education
