UGC recognizes 14 new higher education institutes for open and distance learning | India - Firstpost

University Grants Commission has recognised 14 new higher education institutes for providing courses through open and distance learning mode by FP Staff.

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University Grants Commission has recognised 14 new Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) for providing courses through distance education. This list is in addition to 82 such institutes that were recognised by the UGC in May this year.

In December 2012, the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of Higher Education, dissolved the Distance Education Council which was the erstwhile regulator of Distance Education programmes and transferred regulatory functions to the University Grants Commission...

A state-wise list of these new higher education institutes and the courses that have received recognition from the UGC can be accessed below:
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Source: Firstpost