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

(q) “Prospectus” includes any publication, whether in print or otherwise, issued for
providing fair and transparent information, relating to a higher educational institution and
programmes, to the general public (including to those seeking admission in such Higher
Educational Institutions) by the management of such Higher Educational Institutions or
any authority or person authorised by such Higher Educational Institutions to do so;
(r) “Self Learning Material” means and includes contents in the form of course material,
whether print or non-print, which is inter-alia self-explanatory, self-contained, self-
directed at the learner, and amenable to self-evaluation, and enables the learner to
acquire the prescribed level of learning in a course of study, but does not include
textbooks or guide-books;
(s) “Standalone Institutions” means those institutions which are not affiliated to any of the
Universities under the provisions of the Act.
PART - II

RECOGNITION OF HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR OPEN AND
DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAMMES

3. Recognition of Higher Educational Institutions offering programmes in Open and
Distance Learning mode—

(1) Every Higher Educational Institution offering a programme in Open and Distance
Learning mode in pursuance of an approval granted to it for the purpose by the then
Distance Education Council or by the Commission or by any other regulatory authority
or intending to offer a programme in Open and Distance Learning mode from the
academic session immediately after the notification of these regulations shall, for grant
of recognition, make an application to the Commission in such form and manner as laid
down in sub-regulation (2) on fulfilment of the following conditions, namely :—
(i) the Higher Educational Institution has the approval of the statutory bodies under
the Act for offering the programme in Open and Distance Learning mode;
(ii) the Higher Educational Institution shall adhere to the policy of territorial
jurisdiction as specified in Annexure IV;
(iii) the Higher Educational Institution other than an Open University, is offering
similar programme in the conventional mode of classroom teaching;
(iv) a copy of such application is displayed on the website of the Higher Educational
Institutions by way of self disclosure;
(v) that the application is accompanied by evidence of having prepared the self
learning materials required for the programmes of study, duly approved by the
statutory bodies of the Higher Educational Institutions empowered to decide on
academic matters;
(vi) the application is accompanied by evidence of availability of Open and
Distance Learning resources adequate for effective delivery of all the proposed
programme(s) of study and the expected enrolment of students;
(vii) the application is accompanied by evidence of the preparedness for establishing
Learner Support Centres, providing Learning Support Services, establishing
Centre for Internal Quality Assurance, availability of the academic and other staff
in the Unit and Learner Support Centres of the Higher Education, availability of
qualified Counselors in the Learner Support Centres meeting such standards of
competence as specified in Annexure V, and the administrative arrangements for
supportive services for effective delivery of Open and Distance Learning;
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