DEC asks students to be wary of the status of the distance education provider

Updated on: Monday, October 08, 2012

 Cautioning aspirants desirous of pursuing educational qualifications through open and distance learning (ODL) mode, the Distance Education Council (DEC) has asked students to apply only to those programmes approved by it. It has asked the candidates to check the status of distance education provider before applying.

This cautionary note, as per a press statement, came in the wake of the council coming across "certain universities/ institutions giving misleading advertisements in the newspapers and through other media for admission in programmes through distance mode indicating that they have approval of the DEC for various programmes."

DEC has advised the aspirants to check the current status of approval/recognition of programmes of universities/ institutions available on the DEC's website - www.dec.ac.in.

"In the absence of DEC approval, qualifications acquired through distance mode shall not be treated recognised for the purpose of employment under the Central Government." This was announced by the authorities of DEC, a statutory body of the Indira Gandhi National Open University.

Students are also advised not to take admission at any franchised study centre/ contact point. Study centre has to be operated by the university/institution itself within its territorial jurisdiction as per DEC norms only.

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