The University Grants Commission (UGC) on July 18, 2022, further amends the University Grants Commission hereby makes the following regulations to amend the University Grants Commission (Open and Distance Learning Programmes and Online Programmes) Regulations, 2020 to University Grants Commission (Open and Distance Learning Programmes and Online Programmes) Second Amendment Regulations, 2022.
The following are the amendments-
in regulation 4, in clause (C), in sub-clause (iv) after item (a), the following proviso shall be inserted namely: —
“Provided that for admission of foreign or international learners through the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, in UGC recognised or entitled online programmes, any national identity with photograph of their country of residence shall also be acceptable for authentication”.
3. In the principal regulations, in regulation 13, in clause (C), in sub-clause (4), after item (ii), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely: —
“Provided that for admission of foreign or international learners through the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, in UGC recognised or entitled online programmes, any national identity with photograph of their country of residence shall also be acceptable for authentication”.
4. In the principal regulations, in regulation 14, in clause (2), in sub-clause (v), after item (a), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely: —
“Provided that for admission of foreign or international learners through the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, in UGC recognised or entitled online programmes, any national identity with photograph of their country of residence shall also be acceptable for authentication”.
5. In the principal regulations, in regulation 15, in clause (C), after sub-clause (3), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely: —
“Provided that for admission of foreign or international learners through the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, in UGC recognised or entitled online programmes, any national identity with photograph of their country of residence shall also be acceptable for authentication”.
6. In the principal regulations, in Annexure II, in paragraph I, in sub-paragraph B, after clause 2, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely: —
“Provided that for admission of foreign or international learners through the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, in UGC recognised or entitled online programmes, any national identity with photograph of their country of residence shall also be acceptable for authentication”.
[Notice. No. 1-27/2021 (DEB-I).]
