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The concept of distance education aims at imparting education to students who are not physically present at the spot.

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The concept of distance education aims at imparting education to students who are not physically present at the spot. Its main advantage lies in the fact that students can exchange study materials and communicate with their teachers at their own convenience through the Internet, instead of actually attending classes.

The use of television, radio, and the online media has further encouraged distance education.  The consistent usage of computers has further made distance learning distribution fast and easy.

It is very flexible. It helps students to learn their lessons without compromising other commitments. Even if a student needs to dedicate his day time to support his family, he can use this arrangement to study from home or from a remote area during the night hours.  There are part time and full time course offered in distance education. One may choose to do the entire course by distance education or choose to do some by distance.

The course of distance learning makes use of audio, video, computer and other multimedia technologies or an amalgamation of these with other conservative delivery methods to conduct instructional resource-sharing sessions for the students enrolled with the arrangement.  As the educational institutions expand their campus and as the advance of technology requires a greater need for employee retraining, colleges increasingly have to accommodate different types of student in order to stay in front and to provide their society.

Distance education is  beneficial for the students of age over 26 years who mostly work full time during the classroom hours. These students require flexible learning schedule. They need classes that will help them keep updated with today's ever-changing work surroundings.

Students come to an institution for various reasons. They might be planning to shift their careers or they might simply want to expand their information base for work or personal reasons. The main reason for choosing distance education is that the students want to learn at their own place, time, and speed.

Distance education is also beneficial for physically handicapped children. Many of the people do not have the time, money, or educational backdrop to come to campus. Distance education can capture an audience that has been virtually unexploited for many years. It makes education available and accessible even to the rural areas of India and is now fast growing.
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