Identifying Factors for the Enrollment of Students towards Distance Education for Master’s Course: A Student’s Perspective

Learning is the beginning of a need for perfection.In the knowledge era there is a need for change in learning and their mechanisms.There has been an increase on the thrust for higher education across the nations for better employment and quality of life.With an increase in the number of distance education institutes and increasing demand for the distance education in India, we explore in this paper the factors that are considered important for enrolling into master's course under distance education from the student's perspective.The study has identified nine factors that are affecting the enrollment of students towards distance educationprogramme-associated, reputation, personal development, practical issues, personal concerns, competition and personal objectives, personal motivators, institutional status and personal satisfaction.These factors need to be examined by the educational institutes to better understand the requirements of the student community.