UGC extends admission deadline for ODL, online courses by a month

NEW DELHI: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has extended the last date of admission to open and distance learning (ODL) and online programmes by a month, till December 31 this year.

The admission for distance learning and online programmes for the September-October 2020-21 academic session has been extended from November 30 to December 31, 2020.

The UGC has asked all the higher education institutions offering these programmes to upload the admission dates on the UGC Distance Education Bureau (DEB) web portal by January 15, 2021.

It has also asked all the institutions to ensure compliance to respective regulations, UGC (Open and Distance Learning Programmes and Online Programmes) Regulations, 2020, UGC notification on the specification of degrees, 2014 and other relevant regulations of the UGC or other regulatory authorities for all the programmes to be offered in ODL and online mode.

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