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

(4) The number of full time teachers, academics and other administrative and technical
staff shall be provided, keeping in view the type of programme offered as per guidelines
issued by Commission from time to time.
(5) The details of the faculty in the School or Centre for Distance Education of the Higher
Educational Institutions and in the Learner Support Centres shall be declared on the
website of the HEI and linked to Aadhaar details or other Government identifiers.

10. Use of technology—
(1) A Higher Educational Institution offering programme(s) in Open and Distance Learning
mode shall take such measures as are necessary to blend Information Communication
Technologies (ICT) including those developed by national mission on education
through Information and Communication Technology, for enhancing effectiveness of
teaching – learning process, and administrative functioning and for maintenance of
updated information at all times in respect of status of admissions, registration, for
managing teaching-learning activities through on-line support for interactive learning
with learner feedback, to facilitate the use of Open Educational Resources (OER),
Massive Open Online Courses and for continuous as well as comprehensive evaluation,
certification, and other aspects of student support.
(2) A Higher Educational Institution may allow up to twenty percent of the total courses
being offered in a particular programme in a semester through the Online Learning
courses/Massive Open Online Courses as per University Grants Commission (Credit
Framework for Online Learning Courses through SWAYAM) Regulations, 2016.

11. Programme Launching Process and Approval—
(1) Every Higher Educational Institution offering programme in Open and Distance
Learning Mode shall publish on its website complete details of each programme on
offer including fee structure, minimum eligibility condition for admission as prescribed
by Commission from time to time, schedules of activities and academic calendar viz.
dates for registration, reregistration, counseling sessions, assignment submissions,
receipt of feedbacks on assignments, examination, list of Learner Support Centres for
different programmes.
(2) Before offering any programme, the Higher Educational Institution shall prepare a
Programme Project Report for each programme which shall include the following,
namely :—
(i) information on relevance of programme to the Institution’s mission and goals,
objectives of the programme, nature of prospective target group of learners, and
appropriateness of Open and Distance Learning mode for acquiring specific
competencies or skills;

(ii) instructional design which shall include duration of programme(s), faculty and
support staff requirements, instructional delivery mechanisms, identification of
media – print, audio or video, online, computer aided, and student support service
systems;
(iii) procedure for admissions, curriculum transaction and evaluation;

(iv) details of laboratory support required for the programme(s), if any;
(v) library Resources;
(vi) cost estimate of the programme and the provisions therefor, indicating the amount
assigned for programme development, delivery and maintenance;

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