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

(ix) No Higher Educational Institution, who has in its possession or custody, any
document in the form of certificates of degree, diploma or any other award or other
document deposited with it by a person for the purpose of seeking admission in
such Higher Educational Institution, shall refuse to return such degree, certificate
award or other document with a view to induce or compel such person to pay
any fee or fees in respect of any programme of study which such person does not
intend to pursue or avail any facility in such Higher Educational Institution;
(x) In case a learner, after having admitted to a Higher Educational Institution, for
pursuing any programme in Open and Distance Learning mode and/or Online
mode subsequently withdraws from such Higher Educational Institution, no Higher
Educational Institution in that case shall refuse to refund such percentage of fee
deposited by such learner and within such time as notified by the Commission and
mentioned in the prospectus of such Higher Educational Institution;
(xi) No Higher Educational Institution shall, issue or publish-

(a) any advertisement for inducing learners for taking admission in the Higher
Educational Institution, claiming to be recognised by the appropriate
statutory authority or by the Commission where it is not so recognised;
(b) any information, through advertisement or otherwise in respect of
its infrastructure or its academic facilities or of its faculty or standard
of instruction or academic or research performance, which the Higher
Educational Institution, or person authorised to issue such advertisement
on behalf of the Higher Educational Institution knows to be false or not
based on facts or to be misleading.
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(A) Common Provisions for Open and Distance Learning Mode and Online Mode: (1)
The Higher Educational Institution shall adopt the guidelines issued by the Commission
for the conduct of proctored examinations.
(2) A Higher Educational Institution offering Open and Distance Learning Programmes
and/or Online programmes shall have a mechanism well in place for evaluation of
learners enrolled through Open and Distance Learning mode and/or Online mode
and their certification.

(3) The evaluation shall include two types of assessments; (i) continuous or
formative assessment; and (ii) summative assessment in the form of end semester
examination or term end examination:
Provided that no end semester examination or term end examination shall be held
in a subject unless:
(i) the Higher Educational Institution is satisfied that at least 75 per cent.
of the programme of study stipulated for the semester or year has been
actually conducted;
(ii) For Open and Distance Learning mode: the learner has minimum
attendance of 75 per cent. in the programme specific Personal Contact
Programme (excluding counselling) and lab component of each of the
programmes; and detailed attendance records have been maintained by
Learner Support Centre/Regional Centre/ Higher Educational Institution;
(iii) For Online mode: the learner has minimum participation of 75 per cent. in
all the activities of Online programme prior to end semester examination
or term end examination:

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