Madras univ to turn affiliated colleges into support centres
Siddharth.Prabhakar@timesgroup.com
Chennai:19.07.2018
After taking a decision on shutting down its distance education study centres in Chennai, outside Tamil Nadu and those abroad, University of Madras has approached its affiliated colleges to serve as ‘learning support centres’ from the current academic year as per the University Grants Commission’s (UGC) Open Distance Learning programme.
In the syndicate meeting held on June 28, the university approved 22 affiliated colleges which have given approval to become the university’s learning support centres. Out of these, a few colleges are situated in Chennai, while others are in Tiruvallur and Kancheepuram districts.
Currently, students who take the distance education courses are given study material by the university study centres or at the Institute of Distance Education (IDE) office in Chepauk. However, those taking the now courses will be able to attend classes at colleges near them.
“We are also planning to upload video lectures on our website which can be downloaded and played at these centres. Students can directly get their doubts cleared at these colleges,” said P Duraisamy. Wary of UGC’s regulations, the university has ensured that the franchise model does not come in.
The agreement with colleges is likely to be on a revenue sharing model with the university taking a 40% share for the lab-oriented courses and 60% for non-lab courses.
“We have written to the UGC and will soon get approval for running the courses in this manner,” Duraisamy said.
Siddharth.Prabhakar@timesgroup.com
Chennai:19.07.2018
After taking a decision on shutting down its distance education study centres in Chennai, outside Tamil Nadu and those abroad, University of Madras has approached its affiliated colleges to serve as ‘learning support centres’ from the current academic year as per the University Grants Commission’s (UGC) Open Distance Learning programme.
In the syndicate meeting held on June 28, the university approved 22 affiliated colleges which have given approval to become the university’s learning support centres. Out of these, a few colleges are situated in Chennai, while others are in Tiruvallur and Kancheepuram districts.
Currently, students who take the distance education courses are given study material by the university study centres or at the Institute of Distance Education (IDE) office in Chepauk. However, those taking the now courses will be able to attend classes at colleges near them.
“We are also planning to upload video lectures on our website which can be downloaded and played at these centres. Students can directly get their doubts cleared at these colleges,” said P Duraisamy. Wary of UGC’s regulations, the university has ensured that the franchise model does not come in.
The agreement with colleges is likely to be on a revenue sharing model with the university taking a 40% share for the lab-oriented courses and 60% for non-lab courses.
“We have written to the UGC and will soon get approval for running the courses in this manner,” Duraisamy said.
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