Gauri Education Trust (Regd.), an umbrella organization, runs a number of educational institutions under the banner Osteen.

Osteen College is an innovative institute committed to developing programme designed to equip with knowledge and skills needed to succeed in the national and international work place. The programme are also designed to impart theoretical base with added accent on practical applications so that, on completion of diploma and degrees, students are ready and equipped to take up positions in the respective industries and trade. The concept is driven by the objective that a student who finishes the basic educational requirement is equipped with professional qualifications both theoretical and practical at the shortest period. One cannot expect every one of them to go through the grid for four-five years before landing a professional job. The mission of Osteen College is to provide an excellent quality Management education coupled with diplomas & degrees to further enhance social and intellectual growth. Osteen College is located in the heart of Bangalore city and has easy fast access to both the City Railway Station and the Central Bus Station with modern educational aids, a science and a computer lab, auditorium and the working facilities. Osteen College has highly qualified and experienced faculty. Osteen College has regular Industrial visits including in-house placement platforms among reputed business houses.

"To provide and excellent quality management and information technology education coupled with activities to further enhance social and intellectual growth" My aim and goal is to achieve in education and to extend my services to the society in this changing age, to provide not only academic skills, but also the practical knowledge to make the young men and women to become achieves in global competitions. To-days need is selfempowerment, because the world is changing everyday, the education should make them fit them to face the challenge of the present day world. Osteen college will provide the students an education which enables them to achieve personal standards of excellence in academic domain as well as supportive areas like physical, cultural, social and ethical aiming towards a full personality development equipping them to emerge as trend-setters to hit the headlines across the country and even the world. Philosophy and Instructional System Academic Counseling Counseling is an important activity. Which is different from conventional classroom teaching. Counselor's answer candidate's question in these sessions besides clarifying their doubts to help them overcome difficulties, which they may face while going through the text. These counseling sessions also give candidates an opportunity to interact with their peers. Assignments Assignments are an integral component of distance education. Assignments serve the purpose of evaluation of the candidate's comprehension. The local counselors evaluate these assignments and also provide feedback on the candidates performance. A copy of the evaluated assignment will be shown to the candidates by the coordinator as a part of learning activity.

Practical Sessions Depending upon the subject, an optimal amount of practical training is also imparted to the candidates.. Project Report The candidate must also prepare a project report as a part of the curriculum requirement of Post Graduate and the Under Graduate courses and submit the same during the respective final semesters for evaluation and assessment

Support Service Program Delivery A multi-form of instruction has been adopted, comprising of:

a. Print material: Study material for all subjects, which are supplied in the form of books at additional cost. b. Counseling Sessions: Will be held at Study centers, to suit the convenience of the candidates c. Practical Sessions: Will also be held at the Study centers. d. Assignments: For assessment, evaluation and for fee-back of comprehension of study material.

e. Project work: To enable the candidate to gain an insight to independent working on a practical project.

Credit System The University follows the 'Credit System' for its under-graduate and post-graduate programmes. Each credit entails approximately 30 hours of study comprising of all activities. Thus, a 2-credit course involves 60 study hours and 4-creditcourse involves 120 study hours. This helps the candidates to understand the academic efforts he / she has to put in suitably to complete the course. The Grade System For each semester, Grade System as given in the table below is adopted for declaration of results for the award of class for the degrees of all courses, the cumulative performance of the candidates in all the semesters will be considered. Instructional System The methodology of instruction in this Open University is different from that of the conventional Universities. The Open University system is more learner-Oriented, so much so, the candidate has to be invariably an active participant in the teaching-learning process. Most of the instructions are imparted

Class Awarded Distinction I Class II Class Pass Fail

Class Awarded A B C D E

Class Awarded Excellent Very Good Good Satisfactory Failed

Class Awarded 75% & More 60% to 74% 50% to 59% 40% to 49% below 40%

through distance rather than face-to-face communication. The University follows a multichannel approach for instructions suitably combining of the following. a. Self-instructional Printed Material. b. Audio and Video Cassettes. c. CD's in Multimedia. d. Audio-video programmes Transmitted through Radio and Doordarshan. e. Website Information f. Face-to-face counselling at study Centers by Academic Counsellors g. Assignments. h. Field based Projects To start with, the courses will be delivered on Internet and conventional distance education mode. In due courses, it will shift more towards on-line interaction between teacher and the taught. Skill and dexterity will be inculcated right from the beginning though interactive computer applications. Self Instructional Material Printed materials are the primary form of instructional materials. These are supplied to the

candidates in the form of booklets. Therefore, candidates have to draw mainly upon the printed materials, which are sent to them through the study centers. The printed material would be sufficient to the extent of about 75% to 80% to write any assignment responses and prepare for the term-end examinations. However, candidates are strongly advised to refer to other sources and texts, suggested under each unit order to get a comprehensive knowledge of the subject matter. Counselling Sessions In distance education, face-to-face contact between the learners and their tutors/counsellors is relatively less and therefore counseling is an important activity. The purpose of such a contact is to answer some of your questions and clarify your doubts, which may not be possible through any other means of communication. There are experienced academic counselors at the study centers to provide counselling and guidance to you in the courses that you have chosen for study. The candidate will be informed of the program schedule details by their study center Coordinator. It should be noted that the counseling sessions would be very different from the classroom teaching or lectures counseling does not mean delivering lectures as in conventional teaching. Counselors will try to help you to overcome academic difficulties, which you may face while studying for all the degree programmes. In these sessions you must try to resolve any subject based difficulties and any other related problems. Before the candidate attends the counseling session, they should go through the course material and make notes of the point to be discussed. Unless, the units are gone through, there may not be much to discuss. The Co-ordinator of the respective Study Center will make the detail schedule of the counseling session known to the candidates. Usually, at least10% of the credit hours will be earmarked for the counseling session.

Assignments Assignments are an integral part of distance learning. The main purpose of assignments is to test your comprehension of the learning materials you receive from the University and also help you to better comprehend the courses by providing feedback to you. The information given in the printed course materials should be sufficient for answering the assignments. However, you may have to refer to other books and reference given in the course material to have a comprehensiv9knowledge of the subject. But the assignments are generally designed in such a way as to help you to concentrate mainly on the printed course material with a fleeting touch to other reference. You may also note the following points. a. It is compulsory for you to submit the prescribed assignments. You will not be allowed to appear for the term-end examination of a course if you do not submit the specified number of assignments in respective courses on time. b. All assignments should be submitted to the respective study centers. c. The assignment responses should be complete in all respects. Before submission you should ensure that you have answered all the questions in all the assignments. Incomplete answer sheets will fetch poor grades / marks. d. The Study Center has the right to reject the assignments received after due date. You are therefore advised to submit the same before the due date. e. A copy of the valued assignments will be returned to the candidates along with the marks/ grades and the written comments, which serve as a learning exercise for the candidates. f. Two percent (2%) of the evaluated assignments by the Academic Counsellors will be reviewed by the University from time to time.

Practical Training Considerable importance is given to hands-on training on computers in this programme. A set of practical exercise for subjects which need laboratory work is available at the study centers as also on the website. Candidates need to do these practical exercises under the guidance of their Study center faculty, major part of the contact hours at the study centers will be devoted to this laboratory work.