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

8.6. Every Registered HEI shall provide student counselling and guidance to all students
desirous of opening an Academic Bank Account with ABC, in regard to the details of
utilisation of the services of ABC in terms of Credit definition, Credit accumulation,
Credit transfer, Credit redemption; as well as in respect of the opening, closure
and validation of Academic Bank Accounts of students where such requests are
recommended through the parent University/ Autonomous colleges which are already
registered with ABC.
8.7. Credits earned by students shall be deposited in the respective Academic Bank Account
with ABC; and shall have a defined ‘shelf-life’ (not exceeding seven years) as specified
by the credit awarding institutions and subject to its acceptance by the Registered HEI
awarding academic qualifications, for the purpose of commutation of credits for the
award of any Degree/Diploma//Certificate.
Provided that, once any credit is redeemed for the award of the aforementioned
academic qualification, such credit shall be irrevocably debited from the respective
student’s Academic Bank Account.
8.8. Where a student fulfils the norms of sufficiency of total number of credits and of
the nature of credits, approved by a Registered HEI for the award of the specified
Degree/ Diploma/ PG Diploma/ Certificate, the student shall be eligible for such
award by that HEI.

8.9. Once used, or redeemed, Credits earned by a student cannot be re-used for the award of
any other formal academic qualifications.

8.10. With the approval of its statutory authorities, a Registered HEI shall be encouraged
by ABC to apportion the structure of courses offered by it as core courses/core
electives/open electives/skill enhancement electives/ ability enhancement electives
etc. with appropriate credit requirements, in order to promote multi-disciplinary/ inter-
disciplinary higher education.
8.11 In awarding academic qualifications etc., Registered HEIs shall follow the norms and
guidelines, in regard to the number of credits and duration of time, stipulated from time
to time by the Commission or the /Statutory/Regulatory/Professional Standards Setting
Body, as the case may be.
Provided that, in respect of time duration, a student pursuing academic qualifications
under the ABC facility may, after earning the stipulated credits, avail a relaxation of a
maximum of one semester, provided the duration of the course/ programme is of two-
years or more (Four semesters or more).
8.12. A Registered HEI may fix its Course fee based on the number of credits of a course for
which the student is enrolled.
8.13 There shall be a fee for registration of eligible HEIs, payable by the institutions to ABC
and to be fixed by it with the approval of the central government or the Commission, as
the case may be.

9. Monitoring, support and Quality assurance by Universities and ABC:
9.1. It shall be the responsibility of Registered HEIs, to monitor the development and
operationalisation of the ABC programme at the university level and at the level of
their affiliated autonomous colleges.

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