India, Oct. 7 -- The University Grants Commission has given its approval to a total of 10 Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) to offer Open and Distance Learning (ODL) Programmes for the 2025-26 academic year, beginning July-August 2025.

In an official notice, the commission said that HEIs must ensure the compliance of entry level qualification, mode of admission, duration of programme (minimum & maximum) and number of credits as per UGC Notification on Specification of Degrees 2014 and its amendments, UGC (Open and Distance Learning Programmes and Online Programmes) Regulations, 2020, and other instructions/notices issued by UGC and other statutory/ regulatory bodies from time to time.

HEIs are required to admit students for ODL/Onl...