In a landmark move for accessible education, the country’s national higher-education regulator has approved 101 universities  and 20 Category-1 institutions  to offer open and distance learning (ODL) programmes for the 2025-26 academic session. In addition, 113 universities  have been cleared to provide online courses, and 13 institutions  will roll out specialised online-learning programmes. This decision marks a major step forward in making education more flexible and widel