ABSTRACTThedistanceeducationprogrammeinBangladeshwasoriginallyconceivedin1974.TherelevantsectionoftheKudrat-e-KhudaEducationCommissionsays“Withthepresenteducationsystemthereshouldbeamplescopeforpart-timedrop-outandirregularstudentssothattheycanachievehighereducation.Alltheirregularstudentsshouldhavebeengivenscopetositfortheexaminationinthiscaseeveningcoursecanbestarted.ToachievethisgoalanOpenUniversitycanbestartedlikeU.K.Bangladeshjoinedtheworldbodyofopen/distancelearningin1981th
