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

aided, and student support service systems. The Higher Educational Institution shall
define the instructional design for each of the academic programmes to be offered
through the Open and Distance Learning mode and shall map the credit hours for each
course or module of the programme.

(f) Procedure for admissions, curriculum transaction and evaluation : The Higher
Educational Institution shall define the admission policy for the programme with
minimum eligibility and fee structure. The information related to financial assistance,
if any, should be included in the policy. The Higher Educational Institution shall notify
the policy of programme delivery alongwith the details of methods and web-based
tools to be adopted. The Higher Educational Institution shall notify the activity planner
including all the academic activities to be carried out by the Higher Educational
Institution during the academic session. Further, the Higher Educational Institution
shall also notify policy for evaluation of learner progress along with methods and tools.
(g) Requirement of the laboratory support and Library Resources: There may be
programmes having practical component in syllabus. The Higher Educational Institution
shall give clear guidelines about the laboratory support to the learners to perform the
practicals prescribed in the programme. There shall be provision of a practicals book
for the learners. In case of online learning, the practical should be conducted and
performed by applying virtual reality methods.
(h) Cost estimate of the programme and the provisions: The cost estimate should
indicate the amount assigned for programme development, delivery and maintenance.

(i) Quality assurance mechanism and expected programme outcomes : The Higher
Educational Institution shall define the review mechanism for programme and
continuously enhance the standards of curriculum, instructional design relevant to
professional requirements of the area of study. There should be course benchmark
statements. The Higher Educational Institution shall also devise the mechanism for
monitoring effectiveness of the programme.

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