Governor Shri Mangubhai Patel has said that in global competition, distance education is an important means of lifelong education along with earning livelihood. It is a simple and easy medium to deliver education to the extremely backward, remote areas of the society, Divyangjan, domestic, working men and women and youth. Governor Shri Patel was addressing the seventh convocation of Raja Bhoj (Open) University on Tuesday. Higher Education, AYUSH and Technical Education Minister Shri Inder Singh Parmar was also present in the ceremony held at Kushabhau Thakre International Auditorium, Bhopal.