UGC releases new regulations to make launching online programs easier
The new regulations are going to be an integrated model of education of distance and online mode.
The University Grants Commission (UGC) formulated regulations in order to make easy availability of distance and online education in the country. According to the new regulations, the top 100 universities in the country will be permitted to start distance learning and online programmes without prior permission. The new regulations are going to be an integrated model of education of distance and online mode. Union education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ while making the announcement about the new ODL regulations via his official Twitter handle stated, “The integrated regulations are student-centric. Many quality provisions have been made to ensure mobility, equivalence among different modes of education, complaint handling mechanism, etc.”
The minister further stated that the integrated distance and online regulations are compliant to budget and Aatma Nirbhar Bharat announcements. Under which top 100 universities in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) or having minimum 3.26 grade from NAAC (National Assessment and Accreditation Council) will be permitted to start online programmes without prior permission but with compliance to the regulations.
Earlier, this year in the month of May, the minister of finance and corporate affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman during her fifth press conference on economic measures while launching the PM e-Vidya Programme for multi-mode access to digital education made the announcement that the top 100 universities would be allowed by the government to offer online degree programmes from May 30, 2020. Thus these regulations were supposed to be released by the UGC in June, allowing universities to commence the process of admission.
According to the new regulations, more universities would be made eligible to start ODL and online programmes with new eligibility benchmarks. “These regulations have a core focus on maintaining the quality of education and providing quality-centric autonomy to the universities,” Pokhriyal tweeted.
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