Bhubaneswar, March 6 -- Bhubaneswar: The All India Council For Technical Education (AICTE) has issued Open and Distance Learning Education and Online Education) Guidelines, 2021 through a gazette notification.

Earlier, the AICTE had issued the guidelines in 2019 for imparting education through Open and Distance Learning(ODL) mode by Standalone Institutions and Institutions-Deemed to be Universities.

The guidelines were subsequently amended in 2020 so as to bring in conformity with UGC (Open and Distance Learning) Regulations, 2017 & UGC Regulations, 2018.

As the new National Education Policy (NEP)-2020 has laid emphasis on increasing Gross Enrolment Ratio(GER) through the use of technology and ICT, AICTE has framed comprehensive Guidel...