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

(b) the percentage of tuition fee and other charges refundable to a learner
admitted in such Higher Educational Institutions in case such learner
withdraws from such Higher Educational Institutions before or after
completion of programme of study and the time within, and the manner
in, which such refund shall be made to the learner;
(c) the number of seats approved in respect of each programme of Open and
Distance Learning mode and/or Online mode, which shall be in consonance
with the resources;
(d) the conditions of eligibility including the minimum age of a learner
in a particular programme of study, where so specified by the Higher
Educational Institution;
(e) the minimum educational qualifications required for admission in
programme(s) specified by the Commission or relevant statutory authority
or councils, or by the Higher Educational Institution, where no such
qualifying standards have been specified by any statutory authority;
(f) the process of admission and selection of eligible candidates applying for
such admission, including all relevant information in regard to the details
of test or examination for selecting such candidates for admission to each
programme of study and the amount of fee to be paid for the admission test;
(g) details of the teaching faculty, including therein the educational
qualifications and teaching experience of every member of its teaching
faculty and also indicating therein whether such member is employed on
regular or contractual basis or any other;
(h) pay and other emoluments payable for each category of teachers and other
employees;

(i) information in regard to physical and academic infrastructure and other
facilities, including that of each of the learner support centres (for ODL
programmes) and in particular the facilities accessible by learners on
being admitted to the Higher Educational Institution;
(j) broad outline of the syllabus specified by the appropriate statutory body or
by higher educational institution, as the case may be, for every programme
of study;
(k) activity planner including all the academic activities to be carried out by
the higher educational institution during the academic sessions:
Provided that the Higher Educational Institution shall publish information
referred to in sub-clauses (a) to (k) on its website, and the attention of
the prospective learners and the general public shall be drawn to such
publication on its website and Higher Educational Institution admission
prospectus and the admission process shall necessarily be over within the
time period mentioned in the Commission Order.
(vii) No Higher Educational Institution shall, directly or indirectly, demand or charge
or accept, capitation fee or demand any donation, by way of consideration for
admission to any seat or seats in a programme of study conducted by it;

(viii) No person shall, directly or indirectly, offer or pay capitation fee or give any
donation, by way of consideration either in cash or kind or otherwise, for obtaining
admission to any seat or seats in a programme in Open and Distance Learning
mode and/or Online mode offered by a Higher Education Institution;

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