Skip to main content

12 stand-alone institutions to get University status | DLP India

By

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has published a notice and sent to 12 stand-alone institutions to get them converted as a university or deemed to be University if they are willing to offer programs through Distance and Online Mode.

However in recent Supreme Court order also states that Deemed to be Universities are not allowed to run Distance Learning Course from 2018-2019. Moreover Deemed Universities have been asked to remove the “University” within one month of issuance of the order.

UGC has made amendments in the Open and Distance Learning Regulations, 2017 asking Stand-alone institutions offering Certificate, Diploma or PG Diploma to get themselves recognized as per new rules. In a letter, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has informed these institutes that it has amended the University Grants Commission (Open and Distance Learning) Regulations, 2017. “Certificates or diplomas or postgraduate diplomas awarded by the standalone institutions… shall remain valid… till the academic year 2017-18, and thereafter they shall be free to get their status converted to university or deemed-to-be university…, failing which the Commission shall not accord any approval to the open and distance learning programmes of standalone institutions,” UGC Secretary P.K. Thakur said.

The 12 institutions that have been referred here are All India Management Association (AIMA), Institute of Rail Technology (IRT), TECNIA Institute of Advanced Studies, IFIM Business School, Symbiosis Centre of Distance Learning, MIT School of Distance Education,  Indian Institute of Material Management, Welingkar Institute of management research & development, Asian School of Business Management, IMT Distance and Open Learning Institute, National Institute of Health and Family Welfare and National Institute of Rural Development.

In June this year, the UGC issued new ODL Regulations under which only universities can offer distance education courses to students in India, it also clarified that no stand-alone institution will be able to offer any distance learning courses to students. Many Academicians have raised concerns that it can’t be so fast but it is clear that UGC has cleared its stance and all institutes need to follow those rules now.
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Guglielmo Marconi University | DLPIndia

By
Guglielmo Marconi  is a university at international level promoting the use of innovative learning methodologies and an approach based on the development of multidisciplinary knowledge, skills and competences with a special stress on the global perspective. With respect to present count of enrollments, the total number is approximate 16000 students registered in graduate and postgraduate programs, 300 faculty members and an academic advising team made of more than 200 experts. The University Headquarters are located in the heart of Rome, near the Vatican City but numerous regional and  international  branches allow both national and foreign students to take their final exam and present their thesis from their own country. Guglielmo Marconi University is officially recognized by the Italian Ministry of  Education , University and Research and is also approved by ACICS -Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools, the biggest US accre...
Post a Comment
Read more

Distance Education Engineering Deemed Universities | DLP India

By
UGC (University Grants Commission), the higher education authority, has asked around 123 deemed-to-be Universities to remove the word ‘University’ from their names. This news came in when a letter dated 10th November by UGC suggested dropping the name for such institutes. According to the order dated 3rd November, 2017, Supreme Court has announced the deemed universities not to use ‘University’ word and stop using the name within one month’s time. It is also said that it is in violation of Section 23 of the UGC Act. The court also announced that no deemed-to-be-university can run open and distant learning courses from the next academic year 2018-19 without prior approval of the regulatory authorities and ordered a CBI probe into granting of retrospective approvals to four of the below mentioned universities. Beside this, UGC has also directed to take proper steps for the implementation of Section 23 of the UGC Act, 1956. The students who have secured engineering degrees since 20...
1 comment
Read more