The second largest open university in India. After a cursory examination I did not see anything specifically prohibiting a non-Indian person from enrolling. Did I miss it? https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/with-1-25l-pupils-nou-is-second-largest-open-university/articleshow/67016190.cms http://www.nalandaopenuniversity.com/index.html
I didn't see anything barring international students from enrolling. However, the Admissions page gives instructions on how to receive an admissions application and prospectus, and there is a cost involved which can only be paid by a demand draft to the university, payable at Patna (whatever that is). I also noticed in the Fee Structure section (of the above linked web page) that WOMEN who enroll are given a 25% tuition discount.
Wow! and it is very cheap also. I have sent off an email to find out more information. I have studied similar to this with Don Bosco, so a masters in education would be great to have.
Not trying to sound negative, but open universities in India are state-funded and government controlled, so there CAN be restrictions on foreign student enrollment. May be they did not mention it because they're not expecting any. One way to know if a school is expecting foreign students is if their fee is listed in US$ separately for foreign students. Don Bosco is a church-owned, private school so they can be less restrictive and more progressive.
Patna: Second-largest city in Eastern India, after Kolkata. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patna Never heard of Super-Patna rice? Big seller around here in Canada, with the (large) South Asian crowd. Big sacks in the supermarkets.
Thanks for the clarification. I've never heard of Super-Patna rice. I'm from South Carolina in the United States and we have our own long-grain rice, or we used to, at least.
Schools this big often don't respond to emails. They just get too many of them. This is true for UNISA, one of the biggest open universities in the world. We've often commented on people's frustration in trying to get a response from UNISA by email. So don't get upset if they don't reply. At UNISA you need to register (an e-process that costs nothing) before they'll even acknowledge your existence. In this case you may have to buy an admission packet. I believe that the way it works is you pay up front and they send you the forms, fill them out and return them. We are more accustomed to getting the forms for free and paying when they are submitted. Somebody should create a GoFundMe page to finance an admission - just to see how it goes.
It seems like the trick here isn't that foreigners can't register, but that you have to take exams at one of the associated testing centers, which are mostly in India.
I'm not 100% in agreement with charging foreigners the same as locals. I believe universities should place a surcharge on foreigners and use the proceeds to keep costs down for their own. Even a relatively prosperous country like Canada (where I live) does this. Foreigners on campus pay about 2.5 times the local rate and (I believe) the university receives no government subsidy for them, as it does for locals. Not sure how it applies for distance ed. South Africa does not follow this pattern as the school receives exactly the same subsidy for a foreign student as for a local. That and depressed currency are the reasons for its low tuition fees for foreigners.
I agree 100%. Even at U.S. schools, international and out-of-state students pay a different tuition rate.
This is precisely correct. Although they go out of their way to say "...but this could change on short notice..." People might remember that less than a year ago there were large protest on South African college campuses (not specifically UNISA) over fees, etc. My guess is that there's a bit of a debate going on right now trying to estimate what percentage of enrollments they'd lose if they tacked on an added fee for international students. My second guess is that even if they added a fee it would be modest by US standards and UNISA would remain a good deal. "Funding for foreign students The government is currently investigating the subsidy for foreign students, which means that prescribed student fees for foreign students could increase substantially in the future. Unisa reserves the right to charge fees in certain countries in the currency of that country. The levy for students in foreign countries must be paid in addition to the minimum initial payment at the time of registration. A student must be in possession of a student number before registration can be processed, or fees paid or deposited into the Standard Bank South African account." https://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/corporate/default/Apply-for-admission/International-students
