Kavayitri Bahinabai Chaudhari North Maharashtra University with its deep commitment to the upliftment of the educationally disadvantaged groups has established a Department and this may itself be considered as an important expression of this commitment. An important objective of this department is to create, preserve and disseminate knowledge to all through the external Learning System. External Department proposes to offer a range of programmes (General, Professional, and Liberal) keeping in mind worldwide and local inclination. External Department will always try to provide need-based programmes and services to its learners.

External Education:- With a view to widening the horizons of education and opening the new frontiers of knowledge and democratizing the teaching learning process, External Education is initiated. Non-formal education systems like Open Universities, Open schools, distance learning or Distance Education systems are introduced to overcome the inadequacies of the traditional and formal education system. Education has to be made accessible to all irrespective of Financial, Social, Psychological and other conditions. In this context, External Education has been found an alternative, a boon, and a remedial measure.

Establishment :- Kavayitri Bahinabai Chaudhari North Maharashtra University’s Department of External Education and Learning (DEEL) (This department formerly known as IDEAL External Department as per decision taken by Academic Council in May -2018 and Institute of Distance Education And Learning(IDEAL) as per the recognition of Distance Education Council (DEC), New Delhi from 2010 to 2013). Recently this institute has been renamed as Department of External Education and Learning (DEEL) as per academic council decision taken in October 2018.

Its Jurisdiction is only for 3 Districts, named Jalgaon, Dhule and Nandurbar. The major region of these districts comes under rural area, so many Students works in field and earn money for learning. In Nandurbar district, 65% population comes under Schedule Tribe (ST) and it is tribal area.

An important objective of this University is to create, preserve and disseminate knowledge to all through the External Learning System. The University proposes to offer a range of programmes (General, Professional, and Liberal) keeping in mind worldwide and local inclination. The university will always try to provide need-based programmes and services to its learners. Moreover, University will take every care for following functions of external Learning System to run its programme efficiently through external mode.

• Programme Development.

• Programme Implementation & Delivery.

• Self Learning Material (SLM) Development

• Arranging Contact sessions for learners at Jalgaon, Dhule, Nandurbar District.

• Student Support Services

• Examination Facility at Jalgaon, Dhule, Nandurbar District.

• Evaluation, Declaration of results and to provide certificates and Degree, Diploma to the students in time.