FAQ’s Related to Distance Education.

Distance Education is mode of imparting knowledge or education through distance mode.

As a word “Distance” suggests the students or any knowledge seeker doesn’t need to be present in physical classroom as required in tradition education.

Distance education or distance learning are the word that you might have frequently heard since last decade or more as it’s very popular among the students and working professionals in companies (corporate), in distance education one can learn all the courses ranging from certificate to post graduate (master‘s) like MBA, MCA, PGDBA, BBA, BCA and other popular courses from the recognized universities and institutions.

As there is no physical class boundaries students can learn from their home, office or while travelling with the help of Internet and their digital devices like Tablets, Mobiles or Laptops at their own pace as per their own schedule here the students can gain the knowledge from their industry experts of their domain and that too at very affordable fees.

Distance education has many advantages over tradition education.

(You can read our blog on “Benefit of pursuing degree in distance education”)

As per one of the report nearly 4 million candidates opt for distance education in India and growing rapidly year by year.

“You can check out the courses we can offer you in distance education”.

Correspondence Education or Open Education is a traditional way of providing education to the students under which the university provides very limited resources in the form of study material. Whereas Online Distance Education is the most advanced way of providing education to the students under which the university provides dedicated LMS (Learning Management System) to the students where student can access Live Online Lectures, Recorded Lectures, Online Study Material, Digital Library and even interact with the University Instructor.

In India there are very few universities who are offering Online Distance Education, because offering Online Distance Education requires lots of resources and most of the universities in India don’t have such resources. So it is better for the student to select such universities who are offering Distance Education in Online Mode.

MBA : Stands for Master of Business Administration.
PGDBA : Stands for Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration.

Many times students are confused between PGDBA and MBA while applying for post graduation degree (master degree) it’s important for you to know the difference between MBA and PGBDA.

MBA is offered by the Universities recognized by UGC and AICTE whereas PGDBA is offered by the autonomous institution recognized by AICTE as institute need only AICTE approval for offering their management courses, in India as per the norms of UGC only the recognized University can offer the master degree no autonomous institute can offer master degree, an autonomous Institute can only offer post graduate diploma.

But yet the questions remains that ,”As a student what is more valuable for me? ”

If you are looking for a job in MNC and big corporate companies or even private companies then you should choose MBA over PGDBA, because MBA is definitely better than PGDBA both in terms of Industry reorganization and job prospects, PGDBA are only worth pursuing if they are offered by reputed top level institute like IIM, JBIMS and IIFT etc in regular mode.

Further you can purse PhD if you are having MBA degree through distance education or traditional education but you can’t purse PhD if you are having PGDBA from autonomous institute through distance education.

In distance education there are many top graded recognized Universities offering MBA degree with several different specializations like Marketing, HR, Finance, Operations, International Business, digital marketing etc , and that too at affordable fees, There are several institute offering PGDBA in distance mode but here the question is why should one go for PGD when they can get MBA degree at same fees and from recognized university and why not to enhance your career opportunities.

“You can check out the MBA courses we can offer you in distance education”.

UGC stands for University Grant Commission in India UGC was first formed in 1945 latter in 1956 UGC become statutory body upon passing of “University Grant Commission Act, 1956 “ by the Indian Parliament.

As per the norms of Indian education system it’s mandatory for all the universities  and higher education institutions to take approval from UGC before offering any degree courses and even before claiming itself as university ,No University can offer any degree until and unless it’s not approved by UGC, if any university or institution starts offering degree courses without prior approval from UGC then such a university is labelled as “Fake University” and degree offered by them or degree taken from such a university stand to be invalid and further not applicable for the jobs in government and private sectors.

In recent times UGC has declared number of fake universities offering fake degrees.

You should always check the UGC approval status of University before taking admission into any university.

Checking of UGC approval and related council approval is not easy task here we at Monarch’s Eduzon help you out ,if you have any doubts related to UGC status or have any kind of quires related to distance education you can reach to our experts any time, we will happy to help you in your career decisions.

The best away is to look for the Authorized University Officials in your city who are working with the Top Universities, University authorized information centre or officials are the one who are authorized and well experienced counsellors by the university to provide all the information to students on behalf of university in your own city, they gives you complete information and expert guidance and help you to choose the best university and courses which can help you get successful career.

This authorized official helps you to get admissions with university they are authorized by university to process your admission form to collect the fees, they also helps you with your assignments , examinations and other support systems.

Getting the admissions with best recognized university and into right courses might be sometime very difficult and confusing we at Monarch’s Eduzon provide you with all the need information and help you choose best recognized university and course which can helps you achieve successful career you can reach to our experts any time, we will happy to help you in your career decisions.

AICTE stands for All India Council for Technical Education.

AICTE is council who gives approval for all technical and engineering degrees courses like MBA, MCA , BCA , B.Tech and  M.Tech etc to all the technical and engineering degree without the prior approval from AICTE no University and autonomous institutions can offer any engineering or management related courses to students either through traditional classroom education or through distance education.

As per the new norms of UGC all the university offering any engineering or any technical education must get prior approval from AICTE, if any autonomous institute or university doesn’t have AICTE approval yet offering any such related degrees to students then such a degree stands to remain invalid and consequence to this such a degree holder can’t apply for government jobs, private jobs ,further one can’t apply for higher education like PhD, even such a degree holders might face difficulty in visa and jobs in abroad.

AICTE approval is mandatory for University or autonomous institute offering technical and engineering programs either through traditional education mode or distance education mode its mandatory for both the modes.

Note any engineering degrees (B.Tech or M.Tech) can’t be offered in distance mode as per the norms of UGC, AICTE.

Students must check the approval of AICTE before applying for the admission.

If you have any doubts for the AICTE approval you can reach our experts and clarify you doubts we at Monarch’s Eduzon will be help you choose best right options and enhance your career opportunities.

There are wide ranges of courses that can be taken through distance education ranging from Certificate to Masters Degree like MBA ,MCA ,MCom ,MSc ,M.A ,BCom, BBA ,BCA, BSc, B.A,  etc can be done through distance education.

You can check out courses we can offer you through distance education from top recognized university on our course page.

However there are several course that can’t be offered through distance education as per the norms of UGC like Engineering Courses , Medical ,Par Medical ,Pharmacy courses like M.Pharm, B.Pharm etc such courses can be strictly done through regular mode of education if any institution or university is offering any such courses through distance mode then such university or institution is violating the norms of UGC. In such cases the recongnization of such universities or institution can be cancel or university can even get black listed by UGC and further the degree awarded by such university remains invalid.

Online Distance Education is the most advanced way of providing education to the students under which the university provides dedicated LMS (Learning Management System) to the students where student can access Live Online Lectures, Recorded Lectures, Online Study Material, Digital Library and even interact with the University Instructor.

In India there are very few universities who are offering Online Distance Education, because offering Online Distance Education requires lots of resources and most of the universities in India don’t have such resources. So it is better for the student to select such universities who are offering Distance Education in Online Mode.

Yes, distance education provides same quality of education as regular education.

In the era of technology imparting a knowledge and education through internet via various digital devices has made possible to deliver a quality education online, with the help of Learning Management System (LMS) universities and institutions has been able to deliver the same quality education to their online learners.

In fact there are many industry experts and high qualified faculties who can deliver the high quality knowledge to students and can help their students to gain all the skills and knowledge required for their jobs from their home , office or even while travelling in bus train etc.

There are few top universities in India offering various courses through distance education with the help of Learning Management System (LMS).

No, you don’t need any kind of special devices for learning or getting a knowledge through distance education, You just need a basic smart phone connected to internet via mobile data or wifi broad band.

You can use your P.C, Laptop, Tablet or Smart Phone for learning at your home office or any other places even when you are travelling.

The eligibility criteria for pursuing any courses through distance education depends upon the type of course, UGC norms, respective councils norms and university norms for example if you want to pursue MBA through distance education you must have minimum 3 years graduation degree from UGC recognized university either through distance or regular mode.

No, All the Universities in India can’t offer their courses through distance mode.

In India there are 700 + Universities but as of October 2018 only 70 UGC approved Universities can offer their degree through distance mode , UGC allows only those universities who can fulfil the norms set by UGC and respective council to provide a degree through distance education.

No, as per UGC , MHRD notification no engineering courses like B.E,M.E, B.Tech,M.Tech and Polytechnic Diplomas can’t be pursued through distance education ,MHRD notification 2013 “Any engineering degree awarded by any university or institution’s through distance mode stands to be invalid ”.

There are several university and institution’s in India offering engineering courses through distance mode number of students are cheated in the name of engineering degree through distance mode and their precious time and money of students are wasted , there are various news published daily in newspapers and fake institution’s websites for the offering of engineering degree through distance mode.

Yes, the degree pursued through distance mode of education has same value as regular mode of education.

The government of India MHRD has given a very clear notice in regards to this aspect, MHRD has circulated a notice on validity of degree through distance mode and has mentioned “The degree pursued or awarded through distance mode of education will have the same as degree taken through regular mode of education” further the degree pursued through distance mode will be considered for jobs in government departments it means any who has pursued a degree from distance education mode can apply for government jobs

Almost all the private company have their executive who have pursued their degree through distance mode or else pursuing their degree along with their jobs to get the better positions and uplift their career hence they get both a degree from top recognized university and as well experience of their working domain.

We at Monarch’s Eduzon have helped thousands of students and working professionals to uplift their career since our inception, if you are fresher graduate or working professionals and looking for enhancing your career opportunity you can reach to our experts career guiders any time and can uplift you career.

If your University is offering online courses in distance education mode then attending the classes is very easy and cheap as compare to regular mode of education.

For attending the classes you just need the smart phone, tablet, laptop or your personal computer and availability of internet, in distance mode of education you can easily attend the classes through the Learning Managements System (LMS) provided by your University.