Dynamite News UGC new procedure for seeking admission to ODL, online programs
The new enrollment procedure is aimed at ensuring that students enrol only in approved Higher Educational Institutions. Read further on Dynamite News:
New Delhi: The University Grants Commission has introduced a new enrollment procedure for students seeking admission to Open and Distance Learning (ODL) and Online Programmes for the academic year 2024-25. The change, effective from September 2024.
More transparency
The new enrollment procedure is aimed at ensuring that students enrol only in approved Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) to offer ODL programmes and online programmes and enhancing transparency in the admissions process, stated UGC Chairman M Jagadesh Kumar.
Students interest safeguarded
Recent issues with unrecognised institutions admitting students highlighted the need for this standardised procedure. To safeguard student interests, the UGC has developed a mechanism requiring students to register on the UGC-DEB web portal and create a unique DEB-ID using their Academic Bank of Credit (ABC)-ID. This DEB-ID will be mandatory for all students enrolling in recognized ODL/Online programmes, except for foreign learners, and will remain valid for their lifetime.
HEIs are urged to implement this new admission process efficiently and promote it to new learners to ensure successful adoption and operation," said the UGC Chairman.
UGC Website
UGC (ODL Programmes and Online Programmes) Regulations, 2020 stipulated the minimum standards for offering programmes in open and distance learning mode and online mode by the higher educational institutions and accordingly, the year-wise list of universities recognised/entitled by the Commission to offer programmes in ODL/Online mode is in the public domain at the UGC Distance Education Bureau website https://deb.ugc.ac.in/, according to the UGC.