(a) the steps being taken to introduce distance education in hotel management and in
other courses also digitally; and
(b) the views of experts and States in this regard?
(a) the steps being taken to introduce distance education in hotel management and in
other courses also digitally; and
(b) the views of experts and States in this regard?
MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL ‘NISHANK’)
(a) & (b):University Grants Commission (UGC) is the regulatory authority to deal with the
Open and Distance Learning in Higher education system of the country and accordingly,
notified UGC (Open and Distance Learning) Regulations, 2017. These regulations, interalia,
under clause (p) of sub-Regulation (2) of Part-I states that
“Professional programmes” means a programme other than programmes in
engineering, medicine, dental, pharmacy, nursing, architecture, physiotherapy and
programmes not permitted to be offered in distance mode by any Statutory
Councils or Regulatory Authorities to be conducted by the Higher Educational
Institutions under Open and Distance Learning mode or Distance Education mode
for the purpose of these regulations, if any, should be considered only if the same
are approved by the respective Statutory Councils or Regulatory Authorities”
Further, AICTE based on the recommendations of its Expert Committee
constituted on Technical Education through Open and Distance education mode interalia
recommended that only those programmes which do not involve extensive practical
course work shall be permissible through the distance education mode. Accordingly,
AICTE as per its extant policy has not given recognition to the qualifications acquired
through distance mode at Diploma, Bachelors and Masters Level in the field of Hotel
Management and other Technical courses.
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