UGC issued guidelines for institutions to offer online courses

UGC issued guidelines for institutions to offer online courses

In a meeting held on May 24, 2018, University Grants Commission (UGC) finally approved the guidelines for offering the online courses. Higher education institutes will now be able to offer the Certificate, Diploma and Degree Programs in online mode but only in those courses which they are offering at graduation level in regular mode or Open and Distance learning mode or from which at least one batch has graduated. In a recent notification, UGC also cleared that these degrees or diplomas must be considered as corresponding degrees of the regular institutions. Also, the courses which require practicals to be done as a part of curriculum can be offered in online mode. "The Examinations shall be conducted in proctored mode and in conformity with any norms for such examinations stipulated by the commission," said the statement from HRD. Institutions offering online courses must provide minimum of four quadrants: video lectures, e- content, self-assessment and discussion forums. Institutions before offering the online courses must satisfy some conditions: Institute must be older than five yearsInstitute must be aaccredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC)Should have a minimum score of 3.26 on a scale of 4Should be in top 100 in overall category of NIRF rankings Aadhaar card and passport will be used to authenticate the validity of the Indian and foreign students. "Overall Regulations provide enabling provisions for maintaining sanctity of admissions, teaching-learning, examination, authenticity of the learner and mandatory disclosure of Program-wise information such as duration, start & end dates, fee, number of students, name of students with identifier, results, on HEI website/public domain," said the statement.

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