Lok Sabha Question No. 4764 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-22
Subject: Distance Learning Courses
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre, Pratima Bhoumik, Devji Mansingram Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4764 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.07.2019

## Distance Learning Courses

4764.   SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE: MS. PRATIMA BHOUMIK: SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the UGC has cancelled the recognition of certain distance learning courses offered by State as well Central Universities in the recent past;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to ensure that the students are not inconvenienced due to the decision of the UGC?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

(a) & (b): As per the advise received by University Grants Commission (UGC) from Department of Agricultural Research & Education and Indian Council of Agricultural Research & All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), some of the programmes of Central/State/State Open Universities/Deemed to be Universities in Agriculture and Agricultural Extension & Hospitality and  Hotel  Administration  at  Undergraduate  level  have  been  stopped  by  UGC  to  run  through ODL mode from the academic  year  beginning  from  the  July,  2019.      Further,  UGC  has  also placed some of the programmes of State/State Open Universities on hold for failing to meet the overall academic facilities in such universities. A list of Central/State/State Open Universities/Deemed Universities whose some of the programmes have been withdrawn or put on hold is placed at Annexure-I.

(c) :  UGC has already issued instructions to the concerned Universities that the interest of the students already admitted in such courses upto the academic year 2018-19 will be protected by providing all necessary support to these students till they complete their courses/programmes.

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ANNEXURE  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (A)  &  (B)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.4764  ASKED  BY  HON'BLE  MEMBERS  OF  PARLIAMENT  SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE, MS. PRATIMA BHOUMIK AND SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL  REGARDING  DISTANCE  LEARNING  COURSES  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON 22.07.2019

List of ODL Programmes which are withdrawn or under review

|   S.No. | Name of the HEI                                |   NAME OF PROGRAMMES | NAME OF PROGRAMMES                            | REMARKS                |
|---------|------------------------------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------|
|       1 | Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) |                    1 | B.Sc. (Hospitality and Hotel Administration)  | Withdrawn from 2019-20 |
|       2 | Uttarakhand Open University                    |                    2 | Bachelor of Hotel Management                  | Withdrawn from 2019-20 |
|       2 | Uttarakhand Open University                    |                    3 | Master of Hotel Management                    | Withdrawn from 2019-20 |
|       3 | Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University |                    4 | B.Sc. (Agriculture)                           | Withdrawn from 2019-20 |
|       3 | Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University |                    5 | B.Sc. (Horticulture)                          | onwards                |
|       3 | Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University |                    6 | M.Sc. (Agricultural Extension                 | Withdrawn from 2019-20 |
|       4 | Padamshree Dr. D.Y. Patil University           |                    7 | B.Sc. (Culinary Studies)                      | Withdrawn from 2019-20 |
|       5 | Shivaji University                             |                    8 | Master of Commerce (Valuation of Real Estate) | Under Review           |
|       6 | Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University |                    9 | B.Sc. (Industrial Science)                    | Under Review           |
|       6 | Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University |                   10 | B.Sc. (Automotive Techniques)                 | Under Review           |
|       6 | Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University |                   11 | B.Sc. (Construction Practices)                | Under Review           |
|       6 | Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University |                   12 | B.Sc. (Electrical and Electronics Techniques) | Under Review           |
|       6 | Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University |                   13 | B.Sc. (Facility Services)                     | Under Review           |
|       7 | Tamil Nadu Open University                     |                   14 | B. Sc. (Aircraft Maintenance)                 | Under Review           |