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

(2) An Open University shall have a designated Centre for Online Education (COE) for
operationalising the programmes designed and developed by the Schools of Studies for
Online Learning mode and, which shall be headed by Director, a regular functionary
on full time dedicated basis not below the rank of an Associate Professor and shall have
appropriate and adequate academic, technical, administrative staff and infrastructural
resources as specified in Annexure-IV.
(3) A Higher Educational Institution other than an Open University shall have a designated
Centre for Distance and Online Education (CDOE) for operationalising the programmes
in Open and Distance Learning mode and/or Online mode, which shall be headed by
Director, a regular functionary on fulltime dedicated basis not below the rank of an
Associate Professor and shall have appropriate and adequate academic, technical,
administrative staff and infrastructural resources as specified in Annexure-IV.
(4) A Higher Educational Institution shall plan, implement, coordinate and monitor
operationalisation and quality assurance of the programmes in Open and Distance
Learning mode and/or Online mode and shall ensure adherence to the regulations and
guidelines of the Commission and other regulatory authorities.
9. Self-regulation through disclosures, declarations and reports.─ A Higher Educational
Institution offering programmes in Open and Distance Learning mode and/or Online mode
shall display on its website a joint declaration by authorised signatories, Registrar and Director
of Centre for Internal Quality Assurance, authenticating that the following documents have
been uploaded on the Higher Educational Institution‘s website, namely:-

a. the establishing Act and Statutes there under or the Memorandum of Association, as
the case may be or both of the Higher Educational Institution, empowering it to offer
programmes in Open and Distance Learning mode and/or Online mode;

b. copies of the letters of recognition from Commission and other relevant statutory or
regulatory authorities;
c. programme details including brochures or programme guides inter alia information
such as name of the programme, duration, eligibility for enrolment, programme fee,
programme structure;
d. programme-wise information on syllabus, suggested readings, contact points for
counselling/mentoring, programme structure with credit points, programme-wise faculty
details, list of supporting staff, list of Learner Support Centres with addresses and contact
details (for Open and Distance Leaning mode), their working hours and counselling
(for Open and Distance Learning mode)/mentoring (for Online mode) Schedule;

e. important schedules or date-sheets for admissions, registration, re-registration,
counselling/mentoring, assignments and feedback thereon, examinations, result
declarations etc.;

f. detailed strategy plan related to Online programme delivery, if any including learning
materials offered through Online and learner assessment system and quality assurance
practices of Online learning programmes;

g. the feedback mechanism on design, development, delivery and continuous evaluation
of learner-performance which shall form an integral part of the transactional design of
the Open and Distance Learning mode programmes and/or Online programmes and
shall be an input for maintaining the quality of the programmes and bridging the gaps,
if any;

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