Distance Learning News

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has invited applications from eligible Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) to offer programmes under the Open and Distance Learning (ODL) mode and online mode for the academic session 2026-27. UGC Invites Applications for ODL and Online ...

The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has officially opened admissions for the January 2026 session across its Open and Distance Learning (ODL) programmes. Interested candidates can apply online through the official portal, ignou.ac.in, until January 31, 2026. IGNOU's ODL programmes ...

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has announced an extension of the admission deadline for Open and Distance Learning (ODL) and online programmes for the July-August 2025 academic session. The deadline, which was earlier September 15, 2025, has now been pushed ...

Kakatiya University School of Distant Learning and Continuing Education (SDLCE) has issued the notification for the admissions for Degree, PG, Diploma and certificate courses through distance mode for the academic year 2017-18. The notification was released on Thursday on the official ...

Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has initiated the online registration procedures for the admissions to 150 programmes for the January 2018 session. The institute has invited application for the Master's courses, Bachelors courses, Diploma courses and various certificate programmes. The ...

A Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) programs which is done through distance education will not be identified anymore, said the University Grants Commission (UGC) in a circular.The circular said only full-time and part-time programs will be treated as degrees. "The UGC set ...

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The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), Visakhapatnam regional centre, has invited applications for admissions to its various distance learning programmes for January 2016 session. The various programmes offered by the Visakhapatnam Regional Centre of IGNOU are as follows: PG ...

New Delhi, August 20: The UGC will now direct universities offering open distance learning (ODL) outside their territorial jurisdiction to transfer all the students to the state open university in that jurisdiction. However, in the absence of such state ...

The Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said the government was aiming to get at least seven million students, majorly from the underprivileged sections, enrolled in distance education programme to make education inclusive.Sibal believes that distant education can help in achieving ...