DISTANCE
EDUCATION COUNCIL
INDIRA
GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY
MAIDAN
GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110068
Recognition
of Distance Education Institutions & Their Programmes
Public
Notice
It has
come to the Notice of the DEC that many Universities/Institutions are giving
misleading advertisements in Newspapers stating that their programmes are
recognised by the Distance Education Council.
In this
context it is notified that in exercise of powers conferred by Clause 4(a) of
Statutes 28 read with Section 16 and Section 4 and 5 of IGNOU Act 1985 (No. 50
of 1985), passed by the Parliament, the Distance Education Council (DEC) has
prescribed the guidelines for determination of standards for the Distance
Education systems in the
country. It is therefore, necessary for all Centres /Institutions /Directorates
imparting education through distance mode to get their
Degrees/Diplomas/Certificates (Programmes) recognized and approved by the Distance
Education Council (DEC).
The Dept.
of Education, Ministry of Human Resources Development, Govt. of India notified
vide the Notification No. 44 dated 01-03-1995 published on Saturday, April 8th,
1995 in the Gazette of India that:
..“on
the recommendation of the Board of Assessment for Educational Qualification,
the Government of India has decided that all the qualifications awarded through
Distance Education by the Universities established by an Act of Parliament or
State Legislature, Institutions Deemed to be Universities under Section 3 of
the UGC Act, 1956 and Institutions of National Importance declared under an Act
of Parliament stand automatically recognized for the purpose of employment to
posts and services under the Central Government, provided it has been approved
by Distance Education Council, Indira
Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi – 110068….”
In view
of the aforesaid directive of the Government of India, it is mandatory for all
the Centres/Institutions/Directorates offering programmes through distance mode
to apply to the DEC and obtain prior approval before starting a new Centre/ Institution/ Directorate or
Programme. In case an institution is already running distance education
programmes it must apply to the Distance Education Council for recognition of
the institution and programme-wise approval.
Further, it is the responsibility of the
institution to strictly adhere to the norms prescribed by concerned statutory
authorities for offering professional and technical programmes.
And, further it is in the public interest and in
the interest of maintaining standards in the open and distance learning system,
that the study centers of an institution are not franchised and run by the institution
itself. Also admissions, examinations and evaluations are directly managed by
the institution.
Further,
those Universities/ Institutions which have been approved by the DEC for the
academic year 2009-10 onwards will clearly mention the names of the programmes
for which approval has been granted to them in their advertisements.
The institution violating these above mentioned
norms would be liable to be de-recognized by the DEC. It is also informed that
any degree/diploma/certificate offered through distance mode not recognized by the DEC shall not be accepted for employment in
Government Services.
For
obtaining recognition of their institutions and programmes
Universities/Institutions should submit their applications to the DEC, within a
month’s time from the date of publication of this notice in the prescribed
proforma available on the DEC website: http://www.dec.ac.in.
Director
Distance
Education Council
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