Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University (BAOU), Ahmedabad in association with Commonwealth of Learning (COL) – Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) organizes A State Open University Vice Chancellor’s Forum On the theme: National Education Policy – 2020: Opportunities and Challenges for Open and Distance Learning Universities to develop an action plan for implementation of NEP-2020 in leading open and distance learning universities during 4th and 5th August, 2023 at Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.

BAOU has played a leading role in implementation of National Education Policy (NEP- 2020) amongst Open and Distance Learning Universities across the nation.

Out of 18 Open Universities, the Vice Chancellors of 16 Universities took part in to the State Open University Vice Chancellor’s Forum.
The Open Universities Vice Chancellors’ Forum also took note of the facts that:
a. The Open Universities in India, contribute to almost 11 percent of the learners enrolled in higher education institutions in India.
b. This achievement is remarkable given that as opposed to more than 1100 conventional universities and more than 45,000 constituent, affiliated and autonomous colleges, the meagre number of 18 Open Universities in the nation contribute to one tenth of the enrolments.
c. The Open Universities contribute to more than 50 percent of the female enrolment ratio in India.
d. The ODL system is the most preferred choice of education for persons with disabilities and marginalized sections of society.
e. There are plenty of exemplars of best practices from various Open Universities in India, including reaching the unreached.

The Vice Chancellors of all the State Open Universities committed to collaborate among the Open Universities by forming a Consortium of Open Universities with the intent of achieving the defined goals and objectives.