Govt relaxes norms for PhD through open univs
NEW
DELHI: Open universities, including the Indira Gandhi National Open University
(IGNOU), will now be able to offer distance education PhD courses after the
University Grants Commission (UGC) allowed them a relaxation for offering
non-technical courses.
In
2012, the UGC had directed IGNOU and 14 other state universities to stop
offering PhD courses through distance education.
Human
resource development (HRD) minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday discussed the
issue with the vice-chancellor of IGNOU and representatives from 14 other open
universities from different states.
The
universities had taken up the matter with the HRD ministry and the University
Grants Commission. All non-technical courses will now be allowed as they do not
require laboratories and practical examination, officials said.
However,
the UGC has said the universities should follow its regulations which are in
force in regular universities. Such regulations include undertaking a course
work for six months.
Sources
said the UGC had earlier enforced the ban stating that research courses
conducted through distant mode were of poor quality.
Many
students who were pursuing such courses were affected by the UGC’s move. The
HRD minister had reviewed the issue in a meeting held last week and had assured
the open universities of resolving the issue.
Source | Hindustan Times | 31 August 2016
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