Most of the teaching is done like this.
Radio and television have brought the classroom into people's homes.
But this, on its own, is not enough for a university education.
The Open University student also receives advice at one of 283 study centers in the country.
36 weeks of the year he has to send written work to a tutor, the person who guides.
He must also spend 3 weeks every summer as a full-time student.
Tutors and students meet and study together, as in other universities.
At the end of the Open University's first year, the results were good.
Three out of every four students passed their examinations.
If they do this every year, they will finish their studies in 4 or 5 years.
[00:00.25]Most of the teaching is done like this.
[00:03.16]Radio and television have brought the classroom into people's homes.
[00:08.38]But this, on its own, is not enough for a university education.
[00:14.14]The Open University student also receives advice at one of 283 study centers in the country.
[00:23.15]36 weeks of the year he has to send written work to a tutor, the person who guides.
[00:30.39]He must also spend 3 weeks every summer as a full-time student.
[00:35.29]Tutors and students meet and study together, as in other universities.
[00:41.71]At the end of the Open University's first year, the results were good.
[00:47.04]Three out of every four students passed their examinations.
[00:51.79]If they do this every year, they will finish their studies in 4 or 5 years.