New Delhi: The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has introduced a new postgraduate diploma programme in Sustainability Science on Saturday, July 24.
Minister of State, Ministry of Education and Ministry of External Affairs, Dr Rajkumar Ranjan Singh launched the PG Diploma in Sustainability Science (PGDSS) programme.
Students having bachelor’s degrees can enrol for the PG Diploma programme on ignouadmission.samarth.edu.in.
In his address, Dr Singh referred to the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and said that the launch of this course augments the work needed to be done for achieving the milestones set for environmental restoration for the future.
The minister complimented the varsity for introducing this programme and said that the skills required for the environment sector will also generate employment and is in consonance with the National Education Policy (NEP 2020).
The PGDSS programme will focus on the genesis and principles of sustainable development, its tools, implementation and assessment strategies in a holistic way.
“The basics of natural resource management, ecological economics, global and local efforts for sustainable development through good governance, law and policy are integrated in an academic framework so that students are able to understand the tools and techniques in developing and implementing sustainable development projects,” a statement from IGNOU said.
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