Mangalore University Syndicate members to decide whether to continue to offer them at all The Syndicate of Mangalore University, which is scheduled to meet on Monday, will deliberate upon whether to continue offering distance education courses through its Centre of Distance Education. Conventional universities in the State have now begun in-house deliberations following a recent decision of the State government which offered the exclusive right of offering Open and Distance Learning (ODL) courses to Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) in Mysuru. The State government issued a Gazette notification on this last month after amending the Karnataka State Universities and Certain Other Law (second amendment) Act 2020.