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

centres, study centres are individually inspected and found adequate by the
University Grants Commission and the approval will be course specific.
Provided further, Deemed to be Universities falling in this category and currently
not accredited with National Assessment and Accreditation Council shall apply
for National Assessment and Accreditation Council accreditation within three
months from the commencement of the University Grants Commission (Open and
Distance Learning) Second Amendment Regulations, 2018.”
(b) In regulation 3, for sub-regulation (2), the following sub-regulation shall be
substituted, namely:-

“(2) A Higher Educational Institution intending to offer a programme in Open and
Distance Learning mode for academic session immediately after the commencement of
the University Grants Commission (Open and Distance Learning) Second Amendment
Regulations, 2018 and for subsequent years shall, notwithstanding that it has obtained
permission from the then Distance Education Council or by the Commission for offering
a programme in Open and Distance learning mode for next coming academic session
and for subsequent years, shall make an on-line application in the format specified
by the Commission, and upload the same on the specified portal along with scanned
copy of the documents specified therein, at least six months before the commencement
of the academic session of the programme intended to be offered by such Higher
Educational Institution. However, the Commission may relax this period of six months
at its discretion only for the academic session July 18 - June 19.”

3. In the said regulations, in regulation 19, for sub-regulation (2), the following sub-
regulation shall be substituted, namely:-

“(2) Certificates or Diplomas or Post Graduate Diplomas awarded by the Standalone
Institutions which also have been approved by the Commission based on the policies of
the then Distance Education Council of the Indira Gandhi National Open University
for running Open and Distance Learning programmes till the academic year 2016-
17 shall remain valid programmes in the field of Open and Distance Learning mode
of education till the academic session 2017-18 and thereafter they shall be free to
get converted their Standalone Institution status to University or constituent unit or
institute of an existing university for the purpose of these Open and Distance Learning
regulations, failing which, the Commission shall not accord any approval to the Open
and Distance Learning programmes of Standalone
Institutions.”

4. In the said regulations, after regulation 20, regulation 21 shall be inserted, namely:-
“21. Removal of difficulty
UGC reserves the right to remove difficulty/difficulties in the course of implementation
of these Regulations in consultation with the Government of India, Ministry of Human
Resource Development.”
P.K. THAKUR, Secy. (UGC)

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