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PRIs are acting successfully and gradually becoming more powerful and resourceful. Now most of the Panchayets, including block and village level, are having their own buildings with basic infrastructural facilities like internet and computers. They are the representative institutions of people at grassroots. The villages Panchayats also share a common concern to strengthen educational opportunities. With increasing role being played by Village Panchayats in rural developmental arena we feel that Open and Distance Learning Systems (ODL) support services operations should converge with them (Gargava 2017) . Authors of this paper have been engaged in the promotion of Indira Gandhi national Open University (IGNOU)’s Programmes and Policies in the state of Madhya Pradesh for quite sometime. It is in this context that authors have planned a new strategic intervention for the sensitization operations and delivery systems of IGNOU, India, and results have been encouraging. The paper describes the experiences of the authors while using some out of box strategies to sensitize the people through Panchayats. It helped the IGNOU Regional Centre to generate the participation in IGNOU’s academic programmes. Further, the delivery of academic services in the villages had positive impact on the participation of students in the counseling sessions and success rate of the students. This paper documents varied learning experiences in this experiment.  \nKeywords: Inclusive Education, Rural, Panchayat Raj Institutions, Community, Sustainable.  \nIntroduction  \nSustainable Development Goals (SDG) has placed renewed emphasis on Rural Livelihoods across the world. Sustainability in livelihoods patterns cannot be achieved as long as the people are given diversified options for income generation. It is in this context that the issue of skills up gradation in rural sector has taken a centre stage in the developmental agenda of the country. Community engagement of the universities is therefore on the fore front of development agenda across the world (Pandey & and Kumar, 2019a) .  \nIndian situation is most challenging as most of the target groups requiring immediate attention are too vulnerable, poorly capacitated to adopt new practices and nearly cut off from the urban centered educational facilities. It has been a big challenge to reach out to such disadvantaged population, sensitize them and equip them with necessary skills & scientific knowhow to strengthen their livelihoods. However, despite sincere efforts of the conventional systems of education the situation on  \n[1](1 ucpandey@ignou.ac.in)[ ucpandey@ignou.ac.in](1 ucpandey@ignou.ac.in); Indira Gandhi National Open University, Bhopal, India; [https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0266-0160](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0266-0160)  \n[2](2 smriti@ignou.ac.in)[ smriti@ignou.ac.in](2 smriti@ignou.ac.in); Indira Gandhi National Open University, Bhopal, India; [https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2372-4039](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2372-4039)  \n86  \nthe ground leaves much to be desired. The areas requiring immediate attention are poorly connected by the transport and communication infrastructure and the intended beneficiaries find it difficult to travel long distances to get educated. It is well realized and understood that capacity building systems for such target groups need to be radically different from “business as usual approach”. There is a growing realization to employ “out of box approaches” primarily aimed at helping the people to get knowhow right at their doorsteps at an affordable cost. In such a scenario Innovative and Flexible Capacity Building systems have a major role to play in the livelihoods prom","cbCaijzo4sjWjT5U","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijzo4sjWjT5U","pdf",235357,12,"English","# Introduction\n## Background\n# Community participation approach\n## Impact on learners","[{\"question\":\"What role do Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) play in the paper’s educational approach?\",\"answer\":\"PRIs, via their village-level Panchayats, are presented as representative grassroots institutions that can strengthen educational opportunities and support decentralization for learning access.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the paper describe IGNOU’s intervention in Madhya Pradesh?\",\"answer\":\"Authors describe a strategic sensitization intervention for IGNOU’s delivery and support systems, using out-of-the-box approaches through Panchayats to encourage community participation.\"},{\"question\":\"What impact did the village-level academic service delivery have on students?\",\"answer\":\"The delivery of academic services in villages positively influenced participation in counseling sessions and improved the students’ success rate.\"}]","Community Participation in Open and Distance Learning Systems in India - Inclusive Education for Rural Communities | PDF",1792076228]