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Regulations pertaining to Credits, Academic Programmes and Award of Degrees:

4. The workload of a teacher in Distance Education course shall include the following:
i. Preparing, editing writing, revising translating lessons and other reading materials
and checking the academic content thereof:
ii. Teaching under personal contact programme as described in subregulation 3(3):

iii. Correction of student response sheets:
iv. Maintaining a record of work done by him termwise and submitting the same to
the Institution:
v. Work during vacations to prepare reading materials, reading of proofs, etc.
vi. Such other work as may be assigned in connection with teaching or examination.
5. The norms of workload for teachers at the undergraduate level shall be as prescribed in
the guidelines issued by the University Grants Commission from time to time.
6. The number of fulltime and parttime teachers shall be provided keeping in view:-

i. Programme of study as provided in subregulations 3(1) 3(2) 3(3) 3(4) 3(5), and
3(6).

ii. total institutional work load as provided in sub regulations 5(1),5(2) 5(3) 5(4) and
5(5) and

iii. total enrolment of students.
6. Information:
Every University providing instruction through nonformal/ distance education shall furnish
to the University Grants Commission information relating to the observance of these
Regulations in the form prescribed for the purpose. The information shall be supplied to the
University Grants Commission within 60 days of the close of the academic Year.

S.K. Khanna
Secretary

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