THE UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION LAUNCHES NEW SYSTEM FOR ONLINE, OPEN ADMISSIONS, FROM SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR, APPLICABLE TO ALL UGC APPROVED ONLINE COURSES AND WOULD ENHANCE TRANSPARENCY IN THE ADMISSIONS.

The university grants commission has introduced a new enrolment procedure for students seeking admission to open and distance learning (ODL) and online programmes from the academic year 2024-25 . The change would be effective from September and aimed to ensure that students enrol only in the approved higher education institutions to join these programmes and the said new system introduced so, would be applicable to all UGC approved online courses and would enhance transparency of the admissions. For this students who intends to enrol in these programmes shall register themselves on the UGC (DEB) website with the academic bank of the credit (ABC) ID required to generate a unique DEB ID and the unique ID is for standardising the admission procedure for students enrolling in the ODL and online mode and safeguarding their academic and career prospects. The creation of the DEB Iad shall be required for every student (Except foreign learners) , willing to enrol in ODL and online programmes in recognised and entitled institutions from the academic session from September this year and once it is generated on the UGC-DEB web portal will remain valid for the life long ODL and the online learning programmes.