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

(r) “SWAYAM platform” means an Information Technology platform developed and
made functional by the Government of India in the Ministry of Education, for the
purpose of offering online learning courses.
(2) Words and expressions used herein and not defined in these regulations but defined in
the Act, shall have the same meanings as respectively, assigned to them in the Act.
4. SWAYAM based online credit courses.- (1) The schedule of the SWAYAM based online
credit courses shall be aligned with the conventional education semester commencing in the
month of January and July of every year.
(2) The SWAYAM based online credit courses shall be developed, delivered and assessed
only by the course-coordinator.
(3) The course and course-coordinator shall be identified by the National Coordinator in
accordance with the SWAYAM guidelines with the prior approval of the SWAYAM Board.
(4) The course-coordinator shall offer the SWAYAM based online credit courses through
the Host Institution which shall issue the certificate with grades after the end term
proctored examination for credit transfer.
(5) The list of SWAYAM based online credit courses for the ensuing semester shall be
notified on the SWAYAM platform before the 1st November for the January semester
and before the 1st June for the July semester, every year.

(6) All higher education institutions shall within four weeks from the date of notification
of the SWAYAM based online credit courses under sub-regulation (5) shall consider
through their competent authority the online learning courses which may be offered
through the SWAYAM platform; and keeping in view their academic requirements
shall decide upon the courses which they shall permit for credit transfer.
(7) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-regulations (6), the higher education institution
may allow only up to forty per cent. of the total courses, being offered in a particular
programme in a semester, through the online credit course, through the SWAYAM platform.
(8) The academic council may expedite the process of transfer of credit earned by the
student at their parent institution.
(9) The academic council may allow the Dean (Academics) or Chairman, Board of Studies,
to approve the online credit courses of SWAYAM platform for credit transfer on the
recommendation of the Head of the Department.
(10) For proper and smooth conduct of the online learning of credit course offered on
SWAYAM platform, the parent institution shall ensure that the physical infrastructure
viz, computer facilities, library, etc, essential for pursuing such courses are made
available for free and in adequate measure.
(11) The parent institution shall designate a faculty member as a facilitator to guide the
students from registration till completion of the credit course.
5. Evaluation and certification of credit-based MOOCs.- (1) The Host Institution and the
course coordinator shall be responsible for evaluating the student registered for the credit-
based MOOCs offered on SWAYAM platform.
(2) The final evaluation of a course shall be based on internal assessment and semester end
examination and the internal assessment (with a maximum of thirty per cent. marks)
based on instruments such as discussion forums, quizzes, assignments, sessional
examinations and the complete evaluation scheme of a course shall be announced at
the time of launch of the course.

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