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

h. information regarding all the programmes recognised by the Commission;
i. data of year-wise and programme-wise learner enrolment details in respect of degrees
and/or post graduate diplomas awarded;
j. complete information about ‗Self Learning Material‘ including name of the faculty
who prepared it, when was it prepared and last updated for Open and Distance Learning
Programmes; Similarly information about ‗E-Learning Materials‘ in 4 quadrants in
case of Online programmes;
k. a compilation of questions and answers under the head ‗Frequently Asked Questions‖
with the facility of online interaction with learners providing hyperlink support for
Open and Distance Learning Programmes and Online Programmes;

l. list of the ‗Learner Support Centres‘ along with the number of learners who shall
appear at any examination centre and details of the Information and Communication
Technology facilities available for conduct of examination in a fair and transparent
manner, for Open and Distance Learning programmes;
m. list of the ‗Examination Centres‘ alongwith the number of learners in each centre, for
Open and Distance Learning programmes;
n. details of proctored examination incase of Online programmes for all the exams;

o. details of proctored examination in case of end semester examination or term end
examination of Open and Distance Learning programmes;

p. academic Calendar mentioning period of the admission process along with the academic
session, dates of continuous and end semester examinations or term end examinations,
etc;

q. reports of the third party academic audit to be undertaken every five years and internal
academic audit every year by Centre for Internal Quality Assurance.

10. Quality Assurance.─ (1) A Higher Educational Institution recognised for offering
programme(s) in Open and Distance learning mode and/or Online mode shall, take the
following steps, namely:-
i. establish a Centre for Internal Quality Assurance, common for programmes in the
Open and Distance Learning mode and/or Online mode as per Annexure I;

ii. follow the Quality Assurance Guidelines on learning materials in multiple media,
curriculum and pedagogy, as specified by the Commission in Annexure VI and
shall post its quality assurance mechanism on the website;
iii. take adequate measures for training and capacity building of its teaching and
administrative staff and counsellors/co-ordinators/mentors at regular intervals;
iv. ensure that the quality of programmes of study offered through Open and Distance
Learning mode and/or Online mode are maintained at par with standards as
defined for the conventional mode of teaching, in conformity with the provisions
as stipulated under section 22 of UGC Act, 1956 and UGC notification on
specification of degrees, 2014 as notified by the Commission;
v. exhibit the copies of the approval letters duly obtained or received from the
concerned statutory or regulatory authority or council to offer programmes under
its domain on the Higher Educational Institution‘s website as well as against the
name of the each programmes in the brochure or bulletin of the respective Higher
Educational Institution and inform the same to the University Grants Commission
from time to time in the matter:

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