Distance-learning Diploma in Youth in Development

Objectives

• To provide flexible and accessible learning opportunities for young women and men who are involved in youth development activities
• To develop knowledge, skills, values and understanding which can benefit society as a whole and/or particular groups within societies
• To professionalise youth development approaches, activities and services

CYP Asia Centre has been training professional youth development workers since its inception in 1974.Since 1998, the Youth in Development training has been offered in a distance-learning format that is accessible and flexible. Prior to 1998, it was a residential course administered from the Centre. As of 2003 CYP Asia Centre offers the Professional Diploma in Youth in Development Work, in partnership with national open university systems in four Asian Commonwealth countries.

• Bangladesh Open University (BOU)
• Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)
• Annamalai University
• SNDT Womens University
• Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
• Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU)
• The Open University of Sri Lanka (OUSL)

The Diploma in Youth in Development Work is internationally certified through the University of Huddersfield (UK). It consists of 13 core course modules one action research and two regionally specific modules.

As part of the Youth Work Education and Training portfolio, CYP Asia Centre publishes modules and manuals for use in the Asia Region. The Centre has been declared by the United Nations Economic & Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) as an advanced center of learning and training on Youth and Human development Issues.