Training Calender

STRIDE training calendar for the academic year 2009-10 is avaliable at STRIDE web page.

Staff Training Research Institute of Distance Education

The Staff Training and Research Institute of Distance Education (STRIDE) started as the Division of Distance Education with the establishment of IGNOU in 1985 to cater to the training needs of various functionaries of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). Later, based on the proposal by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL), the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India to set up a training institute for distance education in the South Asian Region, the Division of Distance Education of IGNOU was upgraded into the Staff Training and Research Institute of Distance Education (STRIDE) in 1993. STRIDE was initially entrusted with the task of training the staff of IGNOU, and State Open Universities (SOUs) and distance education institutes in India as well as South Asia . Over the years STRIDE has served the distance education training needs of the Asian, African and the Caribbean countries.