Community Colleges are an option system of education which aims to empower individuals via appropriate skill development leading to gainful employment in collaboration with the local industry and community. They provide the advantage of tailoring programmes to local requirements and state-based requirements by using approaches that will be most acceptable to workers in the given community. Community Colleges normally have a 2-year curriculum that either leads to an Associate Degree for transfer to an undergraduate college or to the students direct entry into any occupation or trade. These colleges are a source of economic growth since they offer an educated and skilled workforce that improves the high quality of life for individual’s students, communities, and the nation.
An institution applying to IGNOU for registration as a Community College should be run by an educational agency/registered society/Trust or corporate body rooted in community-based activities. They should be credible institutions with a minimum period of five years of proven service and be located in the community it seeks to serve.

January 23rd, 2012
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