Students can opt for fully online degree courses soon

Hindustan Times 23 June 2017

Students and working professionals will soon be able to obtain a degree online and it will be recognised by higher education regulator, the University Grants Commission. The human resource development ministry has decided to allow universities to offer such degrees and is drafting rules, writes Neelam Pandey for Hindustan Times.

Once the rules are in place, institutes will be able to offer online degrees in all fields, except engineering, medicine, dental, pharmacy, nursing, architecture and physiotherapy.

At present, the commission does not recognise any course offered solely through the online mode. A student can get a degree by enrolling in a university and attending classes or through a distancing learning module. From this year, the government has allowed universities to offer 20% of their course material through the massive open online course or MOOC platform called Swayam. But if a student gets a degree through any online course, it is currently not recognised.
Full report on the Hindustan Times site

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