Role of Open and Distance Learning In Empowerment of Backward Communities In India

The Power of Education in Empowering Backward Communities

Abstract

The development ofany nation depends on its educational system and it is proved that education isthe key to human progress and social change. Education is a powerful tool forempowerment of individual. It helps in developing  confidence in  individual  and community  about  their own capacities, inherent strengths to  shape  their lives  and  thus enhance the inner strength- intellectual, political, social and economicagainst oppression, exclusion and discrimination.