Distance education is growing tremendously day by day. There is a huge scope of distance education in future of Indian higher education system. This mode of education attracts the people who are currently engaged in job and want to pursue higher education along with their career. Distance Education is inexpensive & provides opportunities to the students to enhance their qualifications. In the last couple of decades, open learning has evolved a lot with high kind of intervention of technology. With the advancement of technology, distance learning is now also including e-learning or online learning. As a part of it Savitribai Phule Pune University has also taken initiative to establish school of Open Learning. Under this school, University will provide value added quality distance education to fulfil the needs of leaner with corporate world with the vision that school of open learning (SoL) of Savitribai Phule Pune University Pune Providing Opportunity to every one seeking to acquire higher Education.

Prof.(Dr.) Suresh Gosavi,
Vice Chancellor

Massification of higher education is big challenge in front of higher education institutes. However, School of Open Learning (SoL) provide education through distance mode in the field of higher education. The best part of the open learning is its flexibility which makes it much more convenient for the students. We are providing such opportunities with flexibility of higher education to all sections of the society and catering the change in individual with social needs in rural and urban of India. Generally, some students are not able to attend face to face education system as they were remotely located and sometimes it is highly expensive to commute to the colleges or higher education institutes. However, students can build self-confidence with easy access of higher education and get satisfaction with their learning experiences. This school is opening all the doors of higher education with Savitribai Phule Pune University which is popularly known as the “Oxford of the East”. All programs of SoL are recognized by UGC and which are definitely eye-opening for the learner of higher education.

Dr. Vaibhav Jadhav
Director