Address:
University of Jammu,Baba Sahib Ambedkar Road
Jammu(Tawi). India -180004.
Phones: +91-0191- 2430828,2430828
FAX :
Email: directordde@jammuuniversity.in
Website: http://www.jammuuniversity.in

A Brief ProfileEstablished on 3rd of March 1976 Distance Education aims at diversifying and providing educational opportunities far beyond the close confines of a classroom and making them available to all those who aspire and endeavour for education. It is based on the philosophy that anything,which can be learnt in the regular classroom, can equally be learnt through distance education. It is an innovative system, which is academically sound and economically viable and as such, has proved to be a blessing for those who have no access to education.

Motivated by the desire to provide education at the doorsteps of the learners, University of Jammu established the,(then known as Institute of Correspondence Education) in March, 1976. The courses offered by the Directorate are intended to cater to the following:

Students who have had to discontinue their education in the regular system for various reasons; students in far flung and inaccessible hilly areas of the state; the students who were not accommodated in the mainstream education institutions; in-service persons; women and individuals who regard education as a life time activity.

In recent times there had been stupendous increase in the educational needs of the country. Jammu and Kashmir State has not remained exception to this phenomenon. Despite being affected by virulent terrorism over the period of last one and a half decades, there has been a progressive increase in the demand for higher education in the state. Because of inherent factors and constraints, conventional education institutions were/are unable to cope up with the augmented demand for higher education. The DDE has partly helped to cope up with this demand in the Jammu region.