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The committee recommended the creation of a new regulatory body, the Distance Education Council of India (DECI). It also recommended that until such body is established, the DEC may be shifted to UGC. On 29 December 2012, the MHRD published an Order transferring the regulatory authority of distance education from IGNOU to UGC. [2]
IGNOU also operates as an accreditor for open university and distance education systems in India through the Distance Education Council (DEC). Authority to do so is granted under Clause 16 and Statute 28 of the IGNOU Act 1985. [27] IGNOU is accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) with the highest grade of A++. [28]
The autonomous Welingkar Institute of Management offers distance learning programs. It is one of the few institutions whose distance learning programs have received accreditation from the Distance Education Council (DEC), the University Grants Commission (UGC), [13] and the Distance Education Bureau (DEB), a body under the Central Government of ...
The University Grants Commission (UGC) came into existence on 28 December 1953 and became a statutory Organization of the Government of India by an Act of Parliament in 1956, for the coordination, determination and maintenance of standards of teaching, examination and research in university education.
Institutional accreditation applies to the entire institution, specific programs, and distance education within an institution. [86] The U.S. Department of Education recognizes the following organizations as institutional accreditors: [87] Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics
The Distance Education Accrediting Commission [1] is an accrediting agency recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) and the U.S. Department of Education (USDE). [2] [3] The agency accredits institutions from the primary level through universities. [4]
The Annamalai University Directorate of Distance Education or Division of Continuing Education was established in 1979 and offers more than 500 courses, including MBAs. All study programmes offered by the Senate of the university are approved by the Distance Education Council (UGC-DEB) & All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).
The university was de-recognized in 2015 after it was found violating several norms of UGC and DEC, IGNOU. The university had violated the norms related to territorial jurisdiction by establishing study centres across India and also offered admission to courses within India and abroad in violation of regulations.