University of Mumbai’s distance education wing gets UGC nod for admission to 2020-21

In a relief to candidates taking admission to distance learning courses at the University of Mumbai, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has allowed the varsity’s Institute of Distance and Open Learning (IDOL) to go ahead with admissions for the academic year 2020-21.

The approval from UGC is applicable to 15 distance learning courses offered by IDOL including BA, BCom and BSc, among others. “They will soon begin the admission process,” the university said in a statement which was released on Friday.

Last year, over 67,000 students were admitted in the July session and 920 students in the January session. IDOL had lost its recognition from the UGC, the apex higher education institute, in 2018 as the University of Mumbai did not have an accreditation from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) since 2012.

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News source: Hindustan times

Updated by Bidisha Roy Choudhury