Only KSOU can offer distance education in State
December 10, 2020
Bengaluru: Karnataka State Legislative Assembly has approved Karnataka State Universities and certain other Law (second Amendment) Bill-2020 which has facilitated only
Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) in Mysuru to offer distance education in the State.
The Bill was tabled by Deputy Chief Minister and Higher Education Minister Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan in the Assembly yesterday. Explaining the salient features of the Bill, he said earlier all the Varsities were offering distance education. Henceforth, distance education would be offered only by KSOU which has its jurisdiction all over the State. All other conventional Universities must immediately stop offering distance education.
KSOU gets ‘exclusive’ right for running ODL courses
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December 10, 2020 19:53 IST
It had been demanding this privilege after many conventional universities in the State started offering correspondence courses, endangering its existence
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It had been demanding this privilege after many conventional universities in the State started offering correspondence courses, endangering its existence
The Mysuru-based Karnataka State Open University (KSOU), the State’s only Open University, has now got the exclusive right of running courses under open distance learning (ODL) mode with the passage of the Karnataka State Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2020 in the Legislative Assembly.
This means the conventional universities in the State that were offering the correspondence courses all these years have to discontinue them. The KSOU hopes that the move is expected to expand its reach and attract more students within its jurisdiction.