IGNOU BTech degrees earned before 2011-12 are valid: AICTE clarifies

NEW DELHI: The technical education regulator, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has again issued a clarification over the validity of BTech degrees awarded by the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). The course was offered through distance education mode till 2011-12 .

The AICTE has issued the circular after receiving enquiries related to the validity of BTech degree offered by IGNOU. The AICTE has stated that it has no objection to the degree awarded to candidates enrolled up to the academic session 2011-12.

IGNOU was conducting BTech courses through ODL mode. This led to litigation as engineering cannot be offered in distance mode.

Later in 2018, Supreme Court approved the degrees awarded by IGNOU for students enrolled till 2009-10 and later extended that relief to students who enrolled till 2011-12. The university stopped offering BTech in distance mode after that.

Following the judgment, AICTE also approved the degrees awarded to students who were enrolled till 2011-12.

The AICTE circular reads: “AICTE has no objection for B.Tech. Degree/Diploma in Engineering awarded by IGNOU to the students who were enrolled up to the academic year 2011-12 with IGNOU as per Supreme Court Judgement and hence are treated as valid as a special case but cannot be taken as precedence and not for post-2012.”

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