Varsities may start online degrees by Nov
UGC will soon announce regulations for full-fledged online degrees
27.07.2020
Shivangi.Mishra@timesgroup.com
With the University Grants Commission (UGC) to soon announce regulations for universities on imparting online education, institutes having National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) accreditation rating of 3.26 and above will be eligible to begin full-fledged online degree courses.
Universities with a score between 3.01-3.26 will be able to follow once they will get the permission by UGC. After the formal announcement of directives by UGC, varsities will begin online degrees from the upcoming academic session, which is likely to begin in Nov-Dec.
Institutes such as NIT Warangal, which are already providing short-term online certification courses have the required infrastructure and experience from these pilot launches to initiate fullfledged online degrees as soon as the regulations are out, says the institute’s director NV Ramana Rao. The finer modalities are still being worked out as the policy guidelines are awaited. “With MHRD’s virtual labs initiative, even some technical degrees can be imparted online,” Rao tells Education Times.
Once the regulations are announced, the varsities will decide on the initial cap on the number of online degrees universities may offer to ensure quality. SRM Institute of Science and Technology, vice chancellor, Sandeep Sancheti says that initially it will be easier to impart degrees that are non-technical in nature including those in languages, humanities and arts.
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