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

Provided also that a Higher Educational Institution having National
Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) valid score equal or more
than 3.26 or having rank in Top-100 in University category of National
Institutional Ranking Framework at least twice in three preceding cycles
shall be permitted to enroll International Learners also:
Provided also that an Institution Deemed to be a University under section
3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 shall offer programmes
in Online mode in accordance with the extant Deemed to be University
Regulations and also in compliance to the provisions of these regulations.
4. Requirements for Submission of Proposals.─

(A) Common Provisions for Open and Distance Learning Mode and Online Mode:
Every Higher Educational Institution eligible as per regulation 3 and intending to offer a
programme in Open and Distance Learning mode and/or Online mode from the academic
session shall make an application to the Commission in the format mentioned in sub
regulation (1) of regulation 5 with documentary evidence for grant of recognition on
fulfillment of the following conditions, namely:
(i) the Higher Educational Institution has complied with the Institutional eligibility
criteria as per regulation 3 of these regulations;
(ii) the Higher Educational Institution has the approval of the statutory bodies under
its Act for offering the programme in Open and Distance Learning mode or Online
mode, as the case may be;
(iii) the list of proposed programmes to be offered in Open and Distance Learning
mode or Online mode, as applicable, the expected enrolment of learners, the
learning outcome of each programmes and other requirements as notified by the
Commission from time to time;

(iv) for the programmes falling under the ambit of a statutory or regulatory authority
or regulatory council, the Higher Educational Institution has the approval or
recommendations of the respective statutory or regulatory authority or regulatory
council for offering the programmes in Open and Distance Learning mode or
Online mode, as applicable;
Explanation: Programmes as mentioned at clause (iv) shall be considered only
when these are recommended by the respective statutory or regulatory authority
or regulatory council to offer in Open and Distance Learning mode or Online
mode, as applicable. Also, statutory or regulatory authority or regulatory council
shall either maintain the minimum standards for the programmes in Open and
Distance Learning mode or Online mode as stipulated in these regulations or set
higher standards while making recommendations to the Commission.
(v) the entry level qualifications, curriculum, teaching-learning scheme, pattern of
question papers for end semester examination or term end examination, pass or
fail criteria in Dual Mode University are the same for conventional programme
and the proposed Open and Distance Learning programme or Online programme,
as applicable, and in case of Open University, these parameters are same for Open
and Distance Learning programme and proposed Online programme;
(vi) weightages to continuous assessment and end semester examinations or term
end examinations for the proposed Open and Distance Learning programmes or
Online programmes, as applicable, is in conformity with regulation15;
(vii) submission of the fee as notified by Commission;
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