| The aim of the present paper was to examine the role of the IGNOU in women empowerment. This study examined the post-certification achievement of the female learners - from both individual and social perspectives. The respondents for this study have been selected by using accidental method from the female learners who were completed course from Pune Study Centre. The 50 learners from the Pune Center were sampled to analyse the changes in the achieved social and academic aspects of female learners at IGNOU. The findings of the study are based on surveys and interviews with 50 respondents, and the findings confirmed that the IGNOU ODL system has really - though in different ways - benefited these women who have engaged and completed the various programme at IGNOU. |