Open And Distance Learning: Key Points To Note
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30 March 2024
Students applying for Open and Distance Learning (ODL)/online learning must consider these points suggested by UGC.
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Ensure the approval/recognition status of the institutions and programme on UGC and Distance Education Bureau websites
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Check HEI's website for programme details
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Recognised institutes are required to upload application details, including approvals, on their websites
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Ensure that the higher educational institution is not debarred/put under the admission category
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Ensure programme adherence to UGC degree specifications, 2014, and amendments
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Check that the discipline is not under the prohibited programmes under ODL/online mode:
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Engineering, Medical, Physiotherapy Occupational Therapy, and other paramedical disciplines, Pharmacy, Nursing, Dental, Architecture, Law
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Agriculture, Horticulture, Hotel Management, Catering Technology, Culinary Science
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Aircraft Maintenance, Visual Arts, Sports, Aviation, MPhil, and PhD
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Ensure all HEI activities, including admissions, counselling, programme delivery, and exams, comply with territorial jurisdiction for ODL programmes
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Ensure the programme is not offered under franchising mode:
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No university can offer its programmes through franchising arrangement
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Learner Support Centres (LSC), established and managed by HEI not a franchise
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Degrees recognised by the Distance Education Bureau of UGC at UG, PG, and PG Diploma levels are equivalent to those offered in conventional mode
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