The milestone comes as admissions for the current academic year are set to conclude on Tuesday
Kochi : Sree Narayana Guru Open University (SNGOU) has crossed the one-lakh enrolment mark, with 1,00,028 having joined its undergraduate and postgraduate programmes since its establishment in 2020. SNGOU registrar Abhilash Babu said a study by the Kerala State Higher Education Council showed that the university accounted for 42% of the total enrolments in higher education in the state. The university currently has 79 learning centres where students requiring offline instruction can attend classes.
The university addresses the age barrier in learning and is inclusive, helping learners be part of higher education at any stage of their lives,” Babu said. “The learners are mostly self-motivated. It also provides recorded video lectures and mobile applications to support learning.
BA Sociology has been the most sought-after course, accounting for 19,217 enrolments. Women, 63,206, account for a larger share of the university’s learners, compared with 36,897 male students. The university caters to learners across a wide age range, from 18 to 85, according to officials.
It is followed by undergraduate programmes in commerce, business administration, Arabic and history. The university has two admission cycles every academic year, between Jan and Feb, and June and July. It has completed eight admission cycles so far.
The milestone comes as admissions for the current academic year are set to conclude on Tuesday.