The well known Open and Distance Learning System (ODL), tracing its origin in 1962, has witnessed revolutionized success expanding to 13 state open universities, one National Open University, and a lot more than 200 distance education institutions and is continuing to multiply. These ventures are being successfully run under the guidance of pre eminent universities.
The distance education council was primarily assigned the task of administering ODL, an initiative of IGNOU, established in 1991. The promotion, coordination and maintenance of ODL were initially looked after by DEC. Nevertheless, the organization has been recently facing allegations of stoicism, lethargy and indolence. Furthermore, institutions governing ODL ventures are accusing the DEC for inept, rigid, inefficient and unrealistic norms that are have been prescribed by the DEC for the functioning of the programme.
Addressing the grievances of the concerned authorities, the Ministry of Human Resource and Development, abbreviated as MHRD set up a committee in August2010. The committee was headed by NR Madhava Menon who recommended steps to standardize education conveyed through distance education.
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