About the University

Tamil Nadu Open University (TNOU), the 1st State Open University and the 10th
Open University in the country, was established in 2002. This university aims at
benefitting the sections of people who have been deprived of and/or denied access
to higher education. The community of the deprived includes the destitute, the
physically challenged, the working men and women, the economically weaker and
marginalised people, and the drop-outs owing to various reasons. In nutshell, it aims
at reaching the hitherto unreached. Within a decade, since its existence, the TNOU
has remarkably catered to the learning needs of more than 5 lakh students with over
100 programmes, through 13 schools and 7 divisions. It has a well-knitted network of
student support services with 4 University Coordinating Centres (UCC), 152 Learning
Resource Centres (LRC), 165 Computer Programme Centres, 195 Community
Colleges, 10 General B.Ed. Programme Study Centres (PSC), 13 Special B.Ed.
Programme Study Centres, 9 Special Centres in Prisons, 33 Off-campus Centres,
3 Counselling and Psychotherapy Centres. In addition, the University has entered into
a MoU with EduKart for a Virtual Study Centre (VSC) facility.
School of Education
The TNOU offers Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) programme in both English and
Tamil medium through distance mode for the in-service teachers. The 2 years
B.Ed. programme is approved by the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE),
University Grants Commission Distance Education Bureau (UGC-DEB) and the
Government of Tamil Nadu. 1000 candidates are being admitted every year and
they pursue their degree course at the selected and approved 10 Programme Study
Centres (PSC) in various districts of Tamil Nadu and these PSCs are NCTE approved
colleges of education. Apart from that, the School of Education (SoE) offers M.Phil.
and Ph.D. research programmes in the regular mode (Part-time and Full-time),
adhering to the guidelines of the University Grants Commission since June, 2013.
The faculty of SoE are in constant touch with the latest developments in the field of
education as visualized by various National Commissions and Policies on Education
to become global centre of excellence. The SoE is regularly conducting International
and National level conferences, seminars and workshops in order to face with
confidence the challenges of education in the dynamic technological world.
A Glimpse of the Conference
Higher Education is a sub-system within the total education system in a country.
Higher Education contributes a major role in the national development, enriching
the human potential. At the same time, climbing on the pinnacles of higher
education and enjoying its benefit is not an easy task to achieve for a large number
of people in the country. The objectives of the national education system is the
attainment of competency of large majority of the people, appropriate skills and
desirable attitude that ensures establishment of a viable socio-economic base for
consolidating national freedom and advancement in the quickly progressing world.
Hence, the issue of excellence, equity and efficiency assume great importance in
higher education. Equity is complementary to social justice and has strong ethical
moral imperatives. Excellence in education is the context-bound concept about
quality of higher education. Efficiency has been perceived and measured in different
yardsticks. The efficiency of the higher education depends on the efficiency of the
higher educational institutions. Excellence, equity and efficiency are interlinked and
go hand-in-hand to the extent that one affects the other, in its positivity and negativity.
In the present education system, there are so many reasons challenging and thwarting
this smooth-sailing process.
To brace up a fight against these potential and emerging challenges, and standing
on the victory-stand with a winning pride is not going to be an ice-cream chewing for
many; rather a path of daunting challenges. In this context, active participation and
sharing their reflected and read-out insight thoughts in the international conference
would benefit teacher educators, researchers, policy-makers, students and all the
like-minded people aspiring to uphold the prestige of Indian higher education system
in par with international standards.
Our School of Education is proud of initiating and organizing this international
conference on Enhancing Excellence, Equity and Efficiency in Higher Education.
Objectives of the Conference
To define the paradigm of educational excellence in quality related research
studies.
To familiarize the recent trends and issues in higher education
To envisage the means of unfolding the equity in higher education
To disseminate information relating to various forms of efficiency generating
mechanism in higher education
To bring quality in higher education with an international perspective
To find out the strategies to promote the standards in higher education
To point out the future ahead challenges for higher education
To discuss the issues and challenges in enhancing GER
Thrust Area
Opportunities and Challenges for Higher Education
Privatization, Globalization and Commercialization of Education
Role of ODL in Higher Education
Enhancing Quality and Availability of Higher Education
Equality in Education
Empowering Women in Higher Education
Problems and Issues of Transgender Education
Social Justice in Higher Education
Institutional Diversity and Equity
Integrating ICT in Higher Education
Performance/Skill Based Higher Education
Allocation and Utilization of Funds for research
Evaluation of Programmes in Higher Education
Transformation in Higher Education
Researches and Ethics in Higher Education
Assessing Quality of Higher Educational Institutions
Academic scam and Corruption in Higher Education
Research Constraints in Indian Universities
Challenges in Global Ranking of Indian Universities
Curriculum Transformation in Higher Education
Linkage of University Vs. Industry
Eliminating Gap between Education and Employment
Call for Papers
The conference committee solicits research and conceptual paper presentations
that address the conference themes from diverse disciplinary, theoretical and
methodological perspectives. Academicians, Experts, Educational Administrators,
Teacher Educators, Educationalists, Teachers, Research Scholars, Students and
other interested persons are invited to submit their papers for presentation.
Guidelines to Authors
The authors should submit their manuscripts in English in single column as per the
following guidelines. Manuscripts must be original, unpublished, well organized, a
subject of interest and free from plagiarism. A quality and mistake-free language is
anticipated. Manuscripts submitted in other than the prescribed format will not be
accepted for publication. An exclusive special session would be arranged for those
who present their papers in Tamil, the Mother Tongue and they are requested to
submit their scripts in Bamini font.
A TWO-DAY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
ENHANCING EXCELLENCE, EQUITY AND EFFICIENCY IN HIGHER EDUCATION
File Word processed file (.docx /.doc /.rtf)
Size A4
Margin Normal 1 / 2.54 cm on all the four sides
Font Times New Roman
Font Size 12
Line Space 1.5
Limit 5000 words excluding abstract and reference
Length 8 pages
The cover page should be placed at first separately including Title, Name
of the Author(s) and Institutional Affiliation. Each manuscript requires an abstract
of 150-200 words in a separate page. The abstracts should be informative,
comprehensive, succinctly summarize the major points of the paper, and the
authors summary and/or conclusions. Key words must appear after the abstract on
the same separate page and should not exceed 5 words. Papers without references
will not be reviewed. The papers in the reference list must be cited in the text in
alphabetical order in the APA format 6th edition.
A TWO-DAY
INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE ON
ENHANCING EXCELLENCE,
EQUITY AND EFFICIENCY IN
HIGHER EDUCATION
7
th
and 8
th
November, 2014
Friday and Saturday
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
TAMIL NADU OPEN UNIVERSITY
577, Anna Salai, Saidapet,
Chennai 600 015, India.
www.tnou.ac.in
Organised by
Paper Submission
The manuscript must be submitted only as word processed file to the organising
secretary as an email attachment to tnousoe@gmail.com. The Demand Draft should
be sent separately along with a hard copy of the email-sent article. No CD will be
accepted.
Publication
Articles will be shortlisted by peer-review process before the publication of
monograph with ISBN. The best 20 research papers will be published in the
Indian Streams Research Journal (Impact Factor: 2.15, ISSN: 2230-7850 and
Indian e-Journal on Teacher Education (ISSN: 2320 7566) free of cost. Papers
submitted after the last date will not be considered for publication. The papers of
participants who do not register before 31st October, 2014 would not be included
in the monograph.
Registration Fee
Paper presenters are allowed Early Bird Registration only and Spot Registration will
be allowed for the participants.
Researchers Academicians Confederates
Inland INR 750 INR 1000 INR 500
Overseas USD 20 USD 30 USD 15
Registration fee should be paid in the form of Demand Draft in favour of The Registrar,
Tamil Nadu Open University payable at Chennai. Registration fee once paid will not
be refunded in any circumstances. If the paper is jointly presented with co-authors,
each author needs to pay the registration fee.
Accommodation
No TA/DA will be provided. Conference kit, working lunch and refreshment will be
provided on the dates of the conference. Accommodation will be arranged only on
prior request and payment.
Important Dates
Submission of Abstract and Full Paper 10
th
October, 2014
Acceptance and Confirmation of Paper 20
th
October, 2014
Last Date of Registration for Paper Presenters 31
st
October, 2014
Last Date of Registration for Participants 7
th
November, 2014
Dates of Conference 7
th
and 8
th
Nov. 2014
Organising Committee
PATRON
Prof. Dr. Chandrakantha Jeyabalan
Vice-Chancellor
CO-PATRON
Prof. Dr. K. Murugan
Registrar i/c
CONVENER
Mr. T. Sampath Kumar
Head i/c, SoE
ORGANISING SECRETARIES
Dr. C. Barathi, Assistant Professor
Mobile No.: +91-9976698244
Dr. P. Pandiya Vadivu, Assistant Professor
Mobile No.: +91-9952050205
Dr. A. S. Arul Lawrence, Assistant Professor
Mobile No.: +91-9994103888
MEMBERS
Dr. D. Vinoth Kumar, Assistant Professor
Dr. K. S. Ramakrishnan, Assistant Professor
Dr. P. Rajasekaran, Assistant Professor
Dr. D. Sumathi, Assistant Professor
Location
Tamil Nadu Open University is situated in Anna Salai, Saidapet, Chennai. It is well-
connected through road and railways.
It is very near to Saidapet Bus Terminus and about 6 kms from Chennai Metropolitan
Bus Terminus (CMBT), Koyambedu, about 12 kms from Central Railway Station and
about 10 kms from Egmore Railway Station.
It is about 8 kms from Chennai International Airport.
Places to Visit
Chennai, the city situated at the Coromandel coast of Bay of Bengal is often recognized
as the Detroit of India and the Gateway of South. The fourth largest and one of the
prosperous cities of the country, Chennai is an attraction in itself. It is the capital
of the state Tamil Nadu, one of the four major metropolitan cities of India and fifth
most populous city of India. Previously this city was known as Madras. The city
has its own unique charm, which sets it aside from the rest of the big cities of the
country. The sightseeing tour around the ancient city of Chennai, will completely
sweep you off your feet. The picturesque beauty of the city includes beautifully carved
temples, serene beaches, colonial monuments such as Fort St. George, Freemasons
Hall, Senate House, Valluvar Kottam, Santhome Cathedral Basilica, Kabaleeswar
Temple, Kandaswamy Temple, Beaches like Marina, Covelong, Elliots Beach and
Mahabalipuram. Replete with airports, railways and diverse means of roadways, the
city of Chennai can be accessed from any corner of the world, easily and smoothly.
For Further Communication
Dr. C. BARATHI
Assistant Professor,
School of Education,
Tamil Nadu Open University,
Saidapet, Chennai 600 015.
Office: +91-44-24306658
Mobile: +91-9976698244
E-mail ID: tnousoe@gmail.com