UGC gives nod to 7 more institutions to offer online degree courses
Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) has earlier increased the number of online courses offered by the University. JMI will now offer 10 more online courses including BBA, BA in English, Hindi, History and Urdu and MCom are a few of the newly UGC-recognised courses.
University Grants Commission (UGC) has allowed seven more Universities to offer online degree courses. The list allows the seven institutions to offer Open and Distance Learning (ODL) in addition to the list released in August and September this year. The seven institutions include one each from Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh.
"The HEIs are entitled to offer online courses until they are complying with NAAC or NIRF ranking requirements as per regulation 3(B)(a) and on non-compliance. they shall discontinue the courses and accordingly, inform the same to the UGC. The learners already enrolled in the current entitled programmes shall be allowed to complete the courses in the laid down manner as per the UGC Regulations 2020 and its amendments," the UGC said in a statement.
Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) has earlier increased the number of online courses offered by the University. JMI will now offer 10 more online courses including BBA, BA in English, Hindi, History and Urdu and MCom are a few of the newly UGC-recognised courses. Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala has also added ten more online courses. BCom, MA Animation, Multimedia and Graphic Design, MSc in Statistics are the new courses. The list has been prepared after meetings of the Standing Appellate Committee (SAC) of the commission, held in June and July.
Earlier the commission had earlier allowed more than 50 institutions to offer ODL programmes. The institutions can offer the online programmes as long as they comply with the NAAC or NIRF ranking requirements as per UGC regulations, and if they fail to comply, they can discontinue the programmes and inform the UGC accordingly, commission said.
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