Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University was initially known as Andhra Pradesh Open University. It was set up on 26th August 1982 through an Act of the A.P. State Legislature (APOU Act 1982). The University was renamed as Dr. B.R.Ambedkar Open University on 26 October, 1991. The establishment of this University, the first of its kind in India, heralded an era of affirmative action on the part of the Government of Andhra Pradesh to provide opportunities of higher education to all sections of society to meet the changing individual and social needs. All the programmes offered by the University are recognized by the University Grants Commission, New Delhi. The motto of the University is EDUCATION FOR ALL. The new experiment in distance education led to the opening of the portals of higher education to a variety of potential students like housewives, farmers, skilled and unskilled labour, Jawans, Policemen, etc., who would otherwise not be able to acquire new skills and higher qualificatio...