The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Salem News : Periyar varsity introduces off-campus programmes

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Friday, Apr 29, 2005

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Periyar varsity introduces off-campus programmes

Staff Reporter

Institutions in Tamil Nadu exempted from submitting NOC

SALEM: Periyar University has introduced off-campus programmes through its distance education wing, the Periyar Institute of Distance Education.

Educational institutions with good track record can approach the University to conduct courses such as Hotel Management and Catering Technology, Fashion Designing, Paramedical and Nautical Science. They have to use their own infrastructure and faculty for teaching.

The University would send a team to analyse the capability of institutions and permit them to run these courses based on the team's recommendation.

It would design syllabus, conduct examination, determine number of students to be admitted to a course and award certificates. It would also determine the course fee structure, the Vice-Chancellor of the University, T. Balakrishnan, told The Hindu here today.

Fee sharing

The institutions had to share the course fee equally with the University. They had to submit quarterly reports on their academic performance. "We may cancel the licence given to an institution on finding poor quality in education or facilities provided to the students," he said.

Each institution had to pay Rs. 2 lakhs to the University as caution deposit and submit a No Objection Certificate from the respective State Government. .

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