DL in India

14 new schools approved for DL

https://www.firstpost.com/india/ugc-recognizes-14-new-higher-education-institutes-for-open-and-distance-learning-7124871.html

 

the future of higher ed is ODL

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/future-of-higher-education-lies-in-odl-ugc-official/article29356593.ece

 

UGC publishes the list of approved distance education universities

https://www.siliconindia.com/news/general/UGC-publishes-list-of-approved-distance-education-universities-nid-209960-cid-1.html

 

It looks like Karnataka is poised to become the next big distance learning provider in India. It also looks like they're interested in pulling up the ladder on all the other universities, or at least as many as possible. The perennial question is "Will they accept admissions from outside of India?" While there are clearly lots of Indian people seeking a quality education, enough to fill the school many times over, if they let in a bunch on non-Indians (paying cash upfront, of course) it could constitute a revenue stream that would allow themselves to grow substantially. I would call it the UNISA model. We'll see.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/ksou-staff-support-government-decision-on-distance-education/article30374088.ece

http://www.karnatakastateopenuniversity.net/

Oh, and can someone please do something about the KSOU website? And hide that Vice Chancellor somewhere, Yikes!

 

Karnataka was well into Distance ed. (including overseas) 12-13 years ago before the big Indian crackdown on DL that now seems to have become a thing of the past. A couple of Indian universities had US-based sites open for business then. I think - not sure - Karnataka may have been one of them.

 

Here's an Indian university that is reducing the fees paid by "oversees" DL students. Apparently a number of oversees centers have been closed and they're trying to attract prospective students from outside of India. I haven't gone to the school website at all

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kozhikode/cu-to-halve-overseas-distance-education-fees/articleshow/74071331.cms

 

From the article: "Amity University, a not-for-profit private institution with campuses across India, is launching 24 online programs, including six bachelor’s degrees and four master’s degrees."

Last I heard, a couple of our members signed up at Amity, which was offering a free DL course or two at the time. Communications were at first OK, then poor, then nonexistent. Not a good advertisement for this school.