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(a) whether the various universities and deemed universities on the pretext of
distance education are crossing its territorial jurisdiction and are involved in the
trade of degree distribution ;
(b) whether a Rajasthan based university is involved in the trade of selling recognised
B.Ed. degree in Uttar Pradesh; and
(c) if so, the steps taken against such universities/guilty persons ?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI M.A.A. FATMI)
(a)to(c) According to the information furnished by the Distance Education Council
(DEC), a Statutory Body under Indira Gandhi National Open University (K3NOU)
Act, 1985, a few Universities are offering their programmes in distance mode beyond
their territorial ji.irisdiction. The DEC has recently asked two Deemed to be Universities
of Rajasthan to refrain from offering programmes through distanpe mode as they lack
infrastructure and support facilities at their Study Centre. The DEC has also advertised
through leading Newspapers, cautioning the public at large that before they enroll for
distance education in any institution they must satisfy themselves that the institution
has necessary sanction for granting degree/diploma/certificate for the course in
question and that the Centre in question has specific prior approval of the DEC.