TheDistance Education Bureau(DEB) is a bureau of theUGCbased inNew Delhi,India,in charge of regulatingdistance educationin India.[1]It was established in 2012, replacing theDEAC,an organisation that was responsible foropen learningand distance education since 1985.
| Abbreviation | DEB |
|---|---|
| Formation | 2013 |
| Headquarters | New Delhi |
| Leader | Joint Secretary |
Main organ | Bureau |
Parent organization | University Grants Commission |
| Website | deb |
History
editDistance education in India started in 1962 with a pilot project correspondence courses, which led to the birth ofUniversity of Delhi's School of Correspondence Courses and Continuing Education (nowDU-SOL). The success of the project led to introduction of correspondence course institutes (later renamed as directorates or centres of distance education) in more universities. In 1982Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open Universitywas established, the firstopen universityin India. This was followed by the establishment ofIndira Gandhi National Open Universityat the national level in 1985.[2]Although thestatutory authorityfor regulating higher education in India is theUniversity Grants Commission(UGC), the responsibility for promotion and coordination of open and distance learning (ODL) was bestowed on IGNOU under theIndira Gandhi National Open University Act (1985).[3][4]The Distance Education Council (DEC) was set up by IGNOU in 1991 and became operational in 1992.[2]with theVice Chancellorof IGNOU acting as theex officiochairperson of DEC.[5]
In August 2010, theMinistry of Human Resource Development(MHRD) constituted a committee for investigating distance education standards in India. The committee recommended the creation of a new regulatory body, the Distance Education Council of India (DECI). It also recommended that until such body is established, the DEC may be shifted to UGC. On 29 December 2012, the MHRD published an Order transferring the regulatory authority of distance education from IGNOU to UGC.[2]In May 2013 IGNOU dissolved the DEC and the UGC took over the entire assets and manpower,[6]establishing the Distance Education Bureau.
References
edit- ^"Distance Education Bureau (DEB)".deb.ugc.ac.in.Retrieved10 February2020.
- ^abc"Distance Education What? Why? How?"(PDF).ugc.ac.in.Retrieved10 February2020.
- ^Terry Denis Evans; Margaret Haughey; David Murphy (2008).International Handbook of Distance Education.Emerald Group Publishing. p. 72–.ISBN978-0-85724-515-1.Retrieved31 May2013.
- ^Amrik Singh (2004).Fifty Years of Higher Education in India: The Role of the University Grants Commission.SAGE Publications. pp. 16–.ISBN978-0-7619-3216-1.Retrieved31 May2013.
- ^Aruna Goel; S. L. Goel (1 January 2010).Encyclopaedia of higher education in the 21st century.Deep & Deep Publications. p. 161.ISBN978-81-7629-584-0.Retrieved31 May2013.
- ^"Now, UGC takes over Distance Education Council".The Times of India.5 June 2013. Archived fromthe originalon 15 June 2013.Retrieved5 June2013.
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