“We are prima facie of the opinion that professional cources must impart practical training. Therefore professional courses should not be allowed to be imparted through distance education,” said a division bench comprising chief justice MK Sharma and justice Hima Kohli.
The court was hearing a PIL filed by the Indian Association of Physiotherapists’s seeking recognition of those institutes, which are offering correspondence courses in psysiotherapy.
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My mom used to joke that her brother learnt swimming and horse riding through correspondence. (30 days series?)
ReplyDeleteSomewhat like that.. :)
Neha, I tried the real, not-distance-education version of a swimming class; I might as well have gone with the distance-education version!
ReplyDeleteWhile on this topic, here's Neelakantan's post on the Electronic MBA.