Distance Education Council to extend the recognition of the Global Open University, Nagaland

In a recent order of the hon'ble High Court Guwahati, which has its jurisdiction over Nagaland state also, opined from the evidences that the DEC had not granted recognition to TGOU arbitrarily without any solid reason. This was clearly a case of Discrimination. The court ordered the DEC to extend the recognition of TGOU from 02-06-2009 onwards till the time of taking the decision on the report of Expert Committee in matter of according regular recognition to the University. DEC was further directed to publish on its website within one month of the extension of the recognition.

This will benefit thousands of students of the North East and the other parts of India who have got enrolled in the Distance Education Courses of TGOU, Nagaland. It is noteworthy that TGOU is the only university in Nagaland that offers distance education courses in the state.