UGC introduces new enrollment procedure for ODL and online programmes

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has released a new enrollment procedure for the students seeking admission to Open and Distance Learning (ODL)/Online Programmes, starting from the 2024-25 academic year. This change will be effective from September 2024.  This initiative aims to ensure transparency in the admission procedure. 

UGC Chairman, Professor Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar announced the new enrollment procedure, highlighting that it aligned with the UGC (ODL



Programmes and Online Programmes) Regulations, 2020, which set the minimum standards for such programmes. He also stated that recent issues with unrecognized institutions admitting students highlighted the need for this standardized procedure to safeguard students interests.

To safeguard student interests, the UGC has developed a mechanism requiring students to register on the UGC-DEB web portal and create a unique DEB-ID using their Academic Bank of Credit (ABC)-ID”, the UGC chairman said.