MGU gets nod for online UG, PG courses
The Hindu
UGC has given permission to conduct BCom, BBA and MCom programmes
The Mahatma Gandhi University (MGU), Kottayam, has become the first university in the State to receive the University Grants Commissions (UGC) permission to launch online undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. According to Vice Chancellor Sabu Thomas, the UGC’s Distance Education Bureau has given permission for three programmes, the application for which were submitted last year. It was in October 2020 that the Syndicate had established a centre for online education to launch online undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. The university has applied for permission to launch 10 more programmes online this year.More Related News
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