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The Counci I also placed on recor"d .its deep appnee.iation totir' Ti lak R. Kem, R*g"istrar and Mernber Secretary bf if'*--counri jurho would be lea.vi ng the university at lhe *na oi iuru.'- "*".1'w "

The ilounci I was i,formed t,haf the date of"irrdicated el the tap portion of Agenda Notes 'i,e,S,r'*ad as Jul y 24 , 1997 'instead of AugusL I fi, 1 qg0 .

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TO CONFIRM THE MINUTES OF THE I 6TH MEETING OF THE

ACADEI"IIC COUNCIL HELD ON FEBRUARY ?8. 1997 AND TO

NOTE THE ACTION TAKEN THEREON

Bef ore the conf "irnation of the Mi nutes Wa$ takenup, r*f eren*e wa.s i nvited to the ' comfftentsrece'ived f rom one of the Members iln ResolutionNos. AC 10.$'1 and AC 16.S.?. Taking into accqunl:the cofirments rece'ived, the council decided thatthe Resslutions AC 1S.S.. 1 snd AC 16,S'2 bemodified as below:

AC 16.8.1 ; On the rer;uest of the Vice-Cl'raqce119r'p r"ot . S . n " Meilon, fii rector. $chnoJ of Fducationpresented ths sal i erlt 'f eatu res of the praposal 'The launchi net rrf the Ph. D. Progremme 'i n f;ducationhas been sihe'duled i n two phases I the Phase 1

rnr*ant essent"ially for those whrr ha've' alreadyr:ompletsd M.Phil. 'in EcJucation, who have beenexempte<1 from doi ng course work a$ per theOrrlinance on Resear'ch Degi-ee Programmes; apd Phase? for thcse wibhout M'phif in Education for whomthere i s a prescri bed courss work . t'lhat was be i ngtr)rs$errt,ed for" the approval of the Academic Coutrcilwa$ 1;he Phase I of i;he programme launch. Duringthe cour$e of the disrussiot't, a view w&.s'oxPr"s$$€da$ to whether more flexibilitv in choice ofsub jects stioul d hre Eiven i n the ph ' D. prosramme i n

Eclur:ation" rn replY fo this, iL ltes mentionedthat lhe Ph.l.$e ? pf the launch of Lhe ph ' D.pl'o{.Ji"amme 'in Hducation addresses those ilho do. nothavs M.Phi1. 'in Educatipn, and this involvescour$e vur:r'k whir;h irrcorporates f lexibil ity in , thsch$ic:e of subjec'L'$" As sCI$r^l fl$ thes1;ructure 'is ready arrd appt"oVed by the, I $choolBr:a.rd, i b wi I I be Lrrou$ht f oi: considerat ion of theAcaclsrnic ciluncil. re wu" further. stated thet thePhese 1 of pro$ralilme launch was thougFrt nsse$$ary'in order to cr'eale an irnnrediate substantive basefCIr for$'ir1g a. link Lretweerr the UNESCO Chair to h'er

l nsLi Luied- i n ths school of Educat ion shot'tlv ' ancllhe academii: proqrammes nf lrhe $chool. ',,,,

AC 16,8.? : The Academic Cot.trrc"il apprcived thelPltase*1 of tlre ph.D. Prosra'mme in Education' The$r:hool of Educat'ion was asked to come up w'ith 'flheC$urse Sbructurss rrf the cour$es tn hre offergd lo"Lhe Phase 2 of the Plogt'amme launctr as and whenthey &.re apprnved h'v the School Board" The :,\ljcs-Chalcel I gr. inay api:oi rrb a Contm'ittee , i f c0!1$'i def ednecessa.ry , to exami ne any genera 1 ,'l sguesper Lai rri ng to Ph ' n ' prograillmes .

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icinfirmed the Minutes of its 16th Meeting held -onFebruary ?S, lg97 . The Academic Counc i I aleorrot,ed the antion taken on the Mi nubes.

TO CONSTDER THE CO-OPTION OF }'|EHBEBS ON THE

ACASENTC COUNCIL UNDER THE PROVI$IONS OF STATUTE

9( 1) tviii ).

The Acadeinic colrncil considered the proposal ofcolopt i on of mernbers u nder the P.ov'i s i ons ofClause 9(11(viii ).

The Vi ce-Chancel I or^ stated that , i t"l order tof aci i i tabe co*opl i on, he had prepa.red a pansl ofnames 'ip 0on.eultatiop urith senior col lb&gues n

which the Courrci I may considet'' Members alsn madesu{$estions i n this resard. ffter sCIIediiiuss'ion, the cnuncil feit that it would hre

appropr{ate to f ol'loui clearlv laid dowl ci:iteriafnr selecLing person$ to the membersh'ip of theAc,ad*rni * Crru nf; 'i I e

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Dr' J.$" Yada.va, III'4CPT"t)f . fJ.C. suranfi.$hr'i Gst*siln D'Cunha

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TO CONSTDER THE AMENDMENT TO THE 'ORDINANqE ON

"CONDUCT OF EXAMINATIONS AND EVALUATION , OFSTUDENT'S pERFORMANCET TO PROVIDE,FOR A HODERATIONBoARDFoRMoDERATIoNoFEXAMINATIoNREsUtTs'

The Acadpmic Courrci I considered the ,aniendnent tothe OrcJi nance on uConduct of E4am'i nat'iong . andEval uat i or,r of Sbudent ! s Perf srmance!' to provr def or a. Moderat i on Board f or modet'et ion of*;{atTli rrat i firt re$u l ts

"ThE: Council appT"svsd bhe

suggested amendment . A StaIement i nd"i caE i ng theex i st i ng provi s i nns of the Or"di nance r proposedarnendments and Cla.uses after amendment ie placedaL Appendix - t. , ,

TO RECEIVE A NOTE ON STEPS TAKEN BY THE UI,IIVERSITYFOR DTVERSIFYING THE DELIVERY SYSTEH.

IL was reported that w'ith the : inurea$e , ' inenrolment o multi pl ication of the range and varietyof programme$ and specialised nature of faeilit'iesrequ i red, i t beca,me necessary to di veret f'y theUet i verry mechani snrs . The Couni i i took note of thef o1Iowi ng papeT's ;:1a.ced bef ore it:

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Del'i vsry CIf IfiNOtJ Pro$Jl*arfirne's tht^oughpn.rt,nsr* irrstituLiCIns and illltlti*'riledial*arning {:f;?tttre,$. ,''

Chann*ls ilf J*nrnirrg and delivery irrtJrriv*T'si ty $ystsffr .

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The Acaclen'ic Council endorsed the steps taken bythe University in diversifyinq the deliverysyst"em.

TO CONSIDER THE DETAILED PROGRAMME REPORT FORM(PHASE 3) TN RESPECT OF CERTIFICATE/DIPLOMAPROGRAMME ON WOMEN'S EMPOWERHENT AND DEVELOPMENT.

The Acedemic Council considered the proposal. TheCounci'l nobed that the Diploma Programme onWomen's Fmpowermenb and Fevelopnent is a joi riteffort of two Schools, namely, the Schorel ofSocial Sciences { SOSS ) and the School ofConLi nui ng Education ( SOCE ) . Ib was futher notedthaL Lhe theory component of bhe Programme wouldbe the respons i bi l itv of the SOSS and the trral ni ngcnmponent that of the SOCE

While discussing the Detailed Programme ReportForm { f,PR ) , the f o1 low'i rrg views were expressed:

(i ) The DPR Form states it as a profess"iona'lproqramme , Thei e shou i d be some gu'i del 'i necto class if y a programme as prof essional ortechnical or general.

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Whils Llrs J*vr*l of PrCIsjr"d,rrtrne is indicaLedfrs f;ert i f i *aLe n nd Pff Dt pl ornfi. r thesliqlibility {:rit*r.ia prssilt"ihred is only1o-r2" Nnn 1CI+2 with I years' work#:hrp*risrrfie t;ofi alsn join the pr.oqlramTne, Inth* cil*culrr$'t,f,n{:{rs, the quesLiorT wheIhsr it"i s justlf ied tcl {:e"Jl tlre pl*ofiramrns a pfiD i pJ oma nsecjs to b* elrm.m i nscJ.

The ProsT"nfilme is rJesignsd to have Bficl-srjits, rr*hi*lr !{ould he fr" heavy luad forstucJ*nLs with 1fi+.? ciualif icatiCIn.

( -iv ) The programme components a$ i ndi cated i nthe proposal do not $pecifically indicateLhe trainirrg component f rom the SOCE tp bei ncorprrr^ated i rr the programne. \

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R*spondi rrg to the views expressed, it wasclarif ied thab the p,rograrnme is to be of fered onlyas a Diploma Programne. The training oofiponeniwould be worked out by the SOCE and incor.poratedi n the Programme. The Counc i'l dec ided that theproposal hre brought bef ore the Academir:; Counci lagai n a$ an i rrtegrnted proposal af ter: t,he theoryand Lraining aspects have been incorporated, Inlhs meantime the concerned Schiols may go aheadwith the work relati ng bo course developrrent andrelai:ed activit'ies

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ro CoNSTDER rHE DETATLED PR0GRAMMS -!EPoRl--fol:(PHASE 3) FOR THE I CREDIT COURSE TPART OF BDPI ON

NATIONAL INCOME ACCOUNTING'

The AcacJemi c courrci I c{}nsi dered the Detai l.edprogramme Report Forn {Phase 3) for' fhe s credit'Course on National Lncome,Accquntinq' 'It wtl notedi:hau th.is wpulcl be an elective course formingpart of the *x.i st'i ng BacheJor'$ Degree Programme 'The A$ademic Council approved the proposal'

ro REPORT FoR RArrFIcArroN rHF_t9II9!!- rlSEN -IITHE REVISION OF RATES OF THE PROCRAMI'IE FEE FOR

IGNOU PROGRAMMES.

The Ai:adem'ic counci I considerecl afrd ratif ied !h*actir:n taken by the Vice*Charrcr;llot' irt, r"evising;;;'-' p""s.;i"*;' f ee f or rGNou Prosramme's i A

Slatement $i,ri nEr de[a.i ]s of Fee Struc{ure is givenat Appendix - 1. The council aiso nobed bhet inaddjtion to the pT'oeJrarnme feen i3" candidate 'isrequired to pa)' a. noil-refundabje Registration Feeof Rs.100/-.

Tlre counr:i I wa.$ i rrf ormed that the Frogramme fiuidef olbhe Dr ploma Programms i n Tour'i sm $tudiesindicates t.he Pragramme Fee for DTS as Rs,1,000/-'i r"rcl usive of Re$i straLion Fee of Rs ' 1001*. . $i ncethe Programme eritde has alreadv been releasedo theCounci I has agr"eed for Rs.,1 ,600/- { inqlusive -ofReqistrat ion Fee of Rs. 100/*) as Programne F'oe f orthis year so far as DT$ is lloncerned.

t^lh i ]e orr the subject, it wa.s general lv agreed thatcoursewise registrat'rofl, rpltich is now in operatioqf c:r Managenrent Prpgramrnes, should bg ennaurasedfor othei' Fro$rammes also in Phases and thqt

'.:th3.'Vice-Chancellor Ina.y a.ppCIint a Committee 10,:'tps1(out the nrodal ities for coursewise regietrat'ipn,

TO REPORT FOR INFORMATION THE STUDENT TIqUNESCONCERNING THE Ab{ARD OF DEGREES/DIPLOMA! ,,,

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CERTIFICATES AI{ARDED AT THE 8TH CONVOCATION :. HELDoN MARCH 8, 1997

The Acadetnic Counc"il tCIok on recor'd. the stAtpinentg.iv"i nu detai I s of numbe'r of students who ,, !||6t9J*".aJU degrees /di pl $mas at the 8th -flortvo$a!,i orr

[q,i6-*- Nii'Jfr Bn tqq7. The Stal:em*nt is i:]aced: atAppendix 3 '

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TO RECEIVE A NOTE ON THE ESTABLISHHENT OF A BOARDOF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING AS At{AUTHORITY OF THE UNIVERSITY UNDER SECTION I 6 OFTHE IGNOU ACT"

The Academ i c CCIu nc i J con$'i dered the nratter' . Oneof the mernbers dreur the attention of the Counci Ito the Proviso unden Sect'ion ?5 (2 ) of the Act andsi:ated thab the Academi c Csunci I shoul d have beencolrsulted bef ote Lhe proposa.l was consi dered bythe Eoard of l"lanag*ment . It wa$ c I ari f i ed thatLhe prov'i s i ons guoled wou I d be attracted onl y whena Sl.atute "is rnade or amenclecl affect.ing the status,powers and consLitul-ion of any authority, which isal r*ady 'in exi stence. Ir"r the j nstant ,ceise theBoard af Vocab i or.ral Hducat i on and Trai ni ng { BVET }'i* propCIsed as a new authcir"ity under Section lS ofthe Act for which Lhe Board of Management has thepowers to make a Statute.

Irr Lf'rs cJjs{:ussirrn tha,L fnlJtrwsdov i qaws h'Jst** expl'e$$t*d I

the f nl lnwi n$

(i ) Since the pobieT"s to organise courses anclprCIgrammes is vested with lhe $chooJs of$tudies whether it would be in order for a0 i vi s'ion, wh i ch i s not a School , toundertake such resFicn$i bi 1i tv without astatul-ory sanct ion.

(ii) Wh*Lh€t' fi" S*hr)o I st*authr;r"i ty trl eiv* apl'0{Jr{3 rn'mg I r;pl-t T'fi* / t t*ai

a 0ivisirrlt heis l-hefer-t'ifi*aIs for, anyn"i rrca r)T'g&n i secl by i t .

tiii) f'dhsIhsr t,h*l*# !,JCIu]d be any #onflict irr Ihesxsr.ci$s ilf pCIws'r"s hrstwsel the Ac:er.d*micflnu nc i I fr.nd t hei fi\"HT "

Cr;r-rld not & $tanding fjurnnritt-*e of theAcndernir: cauncil perfor-nl the'\ furr{:ti$lts*rrvisaserJ f'nT" Lh* BVIT instem"d flf {:T"sat'inSan*thsr* parel I*l fi,uthol*i ty .

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(i) A distinction has to be rnade between acerti f icaf e issued by the !Jnivet-s'ity as aqual i f i caL l on orr compl et i orr of a presci"i bedprogramme of study a.nd a cert'if i caLe ofparticipation issr:ed by the Vice*Chancel'loror the head of a School or Div'isinn on thebnsis of partir:ipation in a short train,'ingand creaLive programme.

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Thg chnngiriql s{;*r-rs,t"io irr Ihe fic]t.lfit?^y tht.fiw$u.p r;hallsn$#s tn th* R#ad*m"i t: irrstil.,ut'i $ils€sp#r:;ie.J*l y ft)r'' [[r* #$]{311 m.nd cJistallttrl gnl*1 i rrtt i rts i:, i tr"rt i ofi$ r r^lh#rs vft t*'i *tt$ l el'wl sr::f E::*r"|,if i*i*Lirrtr is il#*cJu,cl 1*#lg.Lirr$ '[il'k.rr*wJ**Jt*?,.$tc."i]J,*,trffi*'igt1t}Yr#t*'Irri-hg*dirrtsxt- nf sttilh a $fi*nfr,rinn iI wnuJrJ hrs

apilt^ffipi*iat* I,hat fr hody liks SVHI is**tabl-i *h*cJ t* rn*et th* #lTr#T"S'i nS ll*#ql,t .incJef i rri p{.1 fir}trtp*t#n* iss o sbfi"tlclarcl'i si nqlprrir*itcirffiitl"lilhl l evel s nrrd {: r i IeT"ia' #t,fi ,

Th* f'un*t"i clt"lr$ prfipt;$sd ffiT" t,hl# HVHT .m"r* nntirr Ih,u cjr:rnnin nf tht* $*h*r:Js uf $tudiqi]s fr.s

p{*1' Lh* sxistirrg prc}visinrr' dfrfJ tlrerefd}re,hhsr-* wm.s fir* #{3 l-lflict crf inLer:**ts betr,trsenth* 13Vf;T fi.rrfJ th* $r:ht:$J"$ rpf $tudies.

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Tlie Acad*tnir.: Cot-tncil endor'sed the prppr:sal for thecr-eaL i on o1' &n authot'i tY , namel y, th* Hoard ofVocat i or-ral Erlucat i orr arrd Tr'ai tti ng, as a statutorymechanism urrder the IGN0U Act"

TO RECEIVE A PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH OPEN INST-ITUTESAT THE NATIONAL LE\IEL IN COOFERATION I'IITH OTHERINSTITUTIONS AND ORGANTSRTTONS.

The Acadernic flcuncil coilsider*d the propo.sa:lr, ' Inthe diecussion bha followedr a view wa"s sxpngsqedthat establishing too inany 'structures of . eiivei:ssnature, would erode and undermine the powars' anda.uthority of the erx'isting s!rucl.ures. "It.wag*lar-ified that the new in{tiative\ptoposed :lqul!meel the .$p*ci f i r: needs and r*ouJ d i rr n$ vl&y af f ectthe f unctio'ni n$ of the Schools or otherfrr,.ri:h*t""i t;i{rs. In oth*.r w$rdsn ths pt*CIpCIsal rTl*st$the t*quiremepts arisi,ncj frpnt diversified':,.''coursedevelopmeni: apprCIa*hes and also the specific needefor their delivery

The Acacl*mic Cnuncil endot'sed the propog4l ,i ,,,,TheCourrcil frirLher decided i:hat in the estah.:l'i'ehntentof such Inst'itutesr cotlsultations w'ith theconcsrnecl Schanls Tnay be underta.kerr'

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TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE CERTAIN DEPARTURES MADE INTHE REGULATIONS IN THE OFFERING OF IGNOU ACADEMICPROGRAMMES IN THE MIDDLE-EAST COUNTRIES '

Pr'of " .lanardan Jha, Pro Vi ce*Chancel lor explai nedhrriefly the salient featuree rnentiorred in theAgerrda Note. These were:

t'i) Yearwise Counse clfferings and exa.ininationscondu*ted once a yeair" except for cIcProsrarnme f or whi ch exami nation wi I1 beheld at the end of six months.

( i i ) Instead of coursewise r*sistraion fofManagement Pro$ ramtnes n f i xed numbet' ofcourse$ are La be offer"ed each yeal"

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All prrrtft=erlrrrli{*:s ar"* to be offered onJy inEngl ish in*dium,

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the f *l lotui ng

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i i ) the malter of of f eri ng programlnes :' arrdcourse$ in i*est Asia has Lreen pendin$ for a'lnn$ time ancl Lak'inql 'into account theLlrgency r:f Lh* matter', immedia.tr;r decisions!r,ei'e requ i |ed lo be taken ;

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rsUurtit:n iri t,hi*'i'r'#rl u*rtily $f #i{arnirratinn*;tc on* 'i rr t,ht.y first y#fi.l*, ffi.nd t* adm'i t Lhef i rs1: hrntr;h nf' *Ludeirrts w i thnul- fl"lt #ntl^fi. l'lri*t*st.. Th* Vi*#*Chanfisllpr- a.$$r"lF'*cJ Ihefirunril thnl; *ilT'I*s.rIive sLey:s r,Jd]uld bettakeil wh*r*fiiv#T' r'"sqilir*d irr con'*ultationwiffr th* $*linnls {rr}nr:ernard#$nipt-#ltsrrs i v# prnpnsal $n the prft$sdr"rrss Lnb* fr::llnw*d irr Lh* rre:tL yem.r w$ulrJ hrebi*#uillrt. befo'r# the A*ed*ur"i c Cnurrc'i J.

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clari f i cntioru6 -eivsllt h* Academ1 r: Cott rrc i l

( i ) the departures made f rcim the exi qti nSprocedures i n offerl ng IfiNOU academicproqranffe$ i n Hest Asian countries i(Append'ix 4);

tii) the list cif IGNOU partner institutio,r*,1,,.i*"'l: he var i ou s I6NOU prograrnme$ i n t hosecourrtries (Appendix - 5) i and

( i'i i ) lhe 'f ee structure ptoposed f or", :.' theprogramffies to be offered in the M'iddle Eastcor.rrrtrie.r. {Appendix : 6),

ITEM NO.

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Ai: 1 7 , t 2 . :l

12 TO CONSIDER MATTERS RELATINGPROGRAHMES FROH THE SCHOOL OFI NFORI-IATION SCTENCES ( SOCIS } O

TO COMPUTERCOHPUTER AND

I ?. 1 The Academic Counci I considered the proposal .P rof . l'{. H " Pant , Di rector, School of Cnmputer. andInformation Scien{:e$ br.iefly explairred the salientf eal,ur'es of thr?' ' pro'15bsa'l :'" l,thi le seeki.nq , theappr^ava1 for' the pt.oposa'ls made in the note,i hesaid bhat spec'ific appi.oval of the Academiccr:unci I is reqlr ired f or the revision of the BcAProgr'amrne whi ch tvas approved by the Vi ce-chancel lor under sect,ion 10 t 3 ) of the, rGNoll Act.The revi sion b*came neco$sarv to i ncorporatewindows 95 as one of .the c.'ourses in addition Lo MSt'os .

rrr Lh* disr:Lrssiun thnt fnlJCIw€ld, thsv 'i g'd s bJ* t'# s]{ F) l'e,"$ $ g d I

f nl Jnwi ng

( i ) Al I the $chool s qre reqr-ij r.ed to 'str,i ct I ycomirly with the r-evised ;:r'oc*dures laiddowrr f or the appr.oval oF programmei; butsuch procedures have not been f ol lrrwed .inLhe cfl"$e rrf Computer programmes,

{'ii) Ib was clarified that the d*.uiisn ofCompute r progr-ammes i s such that ,

-i t .i e, di ff icult bo make use of the existi ngf ormat* . Th.is f act r,va.s al sCI brought.,:to ,tn6notice of the plannirrg Board at.its meetingheld on 1S*10*1996 for. rrst subntttingForns I & II for- the Compute.r programmes.

Tlit+ Academi c cou nc i 1 apprrJved t he pr'posa''l t on

Corirpu Ler Prog rammes .

-[l i* ilt#et i rril #nd#d h'/ i [h n v$*s ilf tharrks tn the cha i r.,

(R . {. TAKI*AL E }Vi ce-Chancel I or