President at AAOU

Professor Asha Kanwar delivered a keynote address at the 35th AAOU (Asian Association of Open Universities) Annual Conference held at Jeju Island in South Korea in November 2022, hosted by Korea National Open University. Within the conference theme of a “Opening a new path to open universities: Responding to global issues,” Professor Kanwar spoke to three key issues that the world is confronted with today — the Covid–19 pandemic, Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG4) progress and the climate crisis — all of which have a direct link to the education sector. The conference centred on six main areas impacting open universities — repositioning in a post-Covid era, contributions to society, assessment, human resource development, student support services and innovations in distance education with an eye to continuous improvement and delivery of quality education.