Rohtak, Dec. 7 -- Days after the University Grants Commission's (UGC's) Distance Education Bureau (DEB) found Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU), Rohtak, "ineligible" to offer online and distance learning programmes for 2025-26, the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) has issued a notice extending accreditation validity for institutions whose RAF-based accreditation expired or was due to expire during the transition to the new Maturity-Based Graded Levels (MBGL) system.

According to NAAC's December 5 communication, higher education institutions (HEIs) falling within this window will have their accreditation deemed valid for up to three months after the launch of the MBGL framework. The announcement has come as a relief t...