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

vi) examinations shall be conducted through Proctored Examination and in
conformity with any other norms for such examination as may be laid down by
the Commission from time to time.
vii) Higher Educational Institutions shall upload the mandatory self-disclosure for
Online Courses or Programmes on their website every year and undergo third
party academic audit every two years and internal quality audit every year.

viii) the Program-wise information such as duration, start and end dates, fee, number
of students, name of students with identifier, results shall be uploaded on the
website of the Higher Educational Institution within ten days from the end of each
activity and shall be updated on a continuous basis.
(3) The Higher Educational Institution may evolve the curricular aspects, assessment
criteria and Credit framework for the award of Degree or Diploma or Certificate
adopting the following requirement, namely:—
i) the course content for each course shall be clearly defined, each having modular
e-content, delivered online in a structured format, with clearly spelt out learning
outcomes which students are expected to acquire at the end of the module.
ii) Courses or Programmes architecture shall permit the online teacher or instructor
to add multimedia enriched and interactive content, activities and assessments to
extend learning opportunities and shall be easy to navigate.
iii) a Certificate Course or Programme shall be of minimum of six months’ duration
and shall have minimum twenty credits.
iv) a Diploma Course or Programme shall be of minimum of one year duration and
shall have minimum forty credits.
v) the Credits and minimum duration for the Degree Courses or Programmes offered
Online shall be the same as specified by the Commission under Choice Based
Credit System (CBCS).
vi) the maximum duration for completing the Online Course or Programme shall be
double the minimum duration of the Course or Programme or as laid down by the
Commission from time to time.
vii) a Higher Educational Institution may decide the number of credits for an Online
Course or Programme at Certificate and Diploma level having duration more than
minimum duration, proportionally based on those given in item (iii) and item (iv).
viii) the academic sessions shall begin either from July – August or from January –
February every year.
ix) availability of assessment mechanism - each course in the Online Course or
Programme shall have a precise assessment mechanism for the identified learning
outcomes at each level for both continuous formative and summative assessments.
x) identified technological interface and interoperability - the Online Course or
Programme shall be able to utilise a variety of technology tools, shall have a user
friendly interface and meet accessibility standards for interoperability and access
for learners with special needs.

xi) professional Online Courses or Programmes - in case a Higher Educational
Institution intend to offer professional Online Course or Programme in subject
areas other than those excluded in sub-regulation (2) of regulation 2, the proposal
of Online Courses or Programme, submitted to the Commission along with

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