MASTER OF ARTS IN DISTANCE EDUCATION (MADE) Term-End Examination June, 2016
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ES-317: DISTANCE EDUCATION : ECONOMIC
PERSPECTIVE Time : 3 hours Note :
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Maximum Weightage : 75% Answer all the three questions. All the questions carry equal weightage.
Answer any one of the following in about 1200 words : (a) Define 'economics of education' and 'economics of distance education. What major areas of work are covered under economics of distance education ? Analyse with an example for each major area.
OR (b)
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How are funds generated and utilised within education ? Describe in what ways distance education can be more cost-effective than formal classroom education.
Answer any four of the following in about 300 words each : (a) In what way increase in education contributes to increase in earning profile over a period of time ?
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(b)
How can spending on distance education be considered as investment ?
(c)
Distinguish between fixed and variable costs in education with the help of suitable examples.
(d)
What justifications will you give to argue that distance education contributes to human resource development ?
(e)
Distinguish between distance education as consumption and as investment. Can distance education be considered as consumption at all ?
3. Answer any one of the following in about
1200 words : (a)
In what ways can resources be mobilised for distance education while maintaining its contribution to cost-effectiveness and cost-efficiency ?
(b)
Giving a practical example, show how average and marginal costs manifest in designing and implementing any distance education programme. At what stage a break even be achieved, and what decisions on its operation can be made at that stage ?
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