WORLD RENOWNED UNIVERSITIES OFFER

The first time a friend mentioned online degree programmes, my immediate impression and consequent reaction was that of disapproval rather than approval, discontent rather than recognition and disenchantment rather than excitement. The thought, to me, conjured a feeling reminiscent of the old Rapid Results College or the Exam Success Correspondence courses which merely prepared private candidates for the external General Certificate of Education (GCE) Ordinary and Advanced Levels. At the end, candidates were left on their own.

The online degree programme is different as it has such a personal touch and is effective as much as off line university education would be. I was pleasantly surprised after investigation, to see a retinue of big names in university education offering online degree programmes. I am talking about world class universities renowned for graduating thousands of men and women who have made their marks in various fields of endeavour. This emphasizes the seriousness of this programme, its worth and equal comparison with off-line education programme.

How does it sound to you if you get to know that educational institutions like the University of Liverpool, the University of London, the University of Phoenix, Capella University, University of Illinois, to name but a few, offer online degree programmes as much as they run off-line conventional university education programmes? These are world acclaimed universities which degrees are held in high esteem and indeed the dream of any academically conscious student.

These are world recognized university degrees, the carvings for which local, and indeed international students leave the shores of their countries for the United Kingdom or the United States of America or other parts of the world, in search of the ‘golden flees’. This, my friend, is what you can get at your own pace and convenience in the comfort of you home, thanks to the inventors of the internet.