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TNOU was waiting for the recognition from UGC which was granted on Tuesday and it continued issuing admission forms.

The Vice Chancellor Chandrakantha Jeyabalan said that the university has introduced 63 new courses of which 20 UG and PG degree/recognition courses are being presented this literary year. Emerging courses are Islamic studies, police administration, gerontology, archaeology and epigraphy, museology and conservation, child rights and child protection.

18 skill-based diploma/ certificate courses which include childhood care and education, acupuncture science, apparel and fashion design and catering assistant are being introduced exclusively in the private community colleges that are recognized by or affiliated to TNOU out of the 63 new courses. At Present there are 217 such community colleges across Tamil Nadu. 

According to the university, more than 95 % of graduates from community colleges had been employed. Then, new buildings will be constructed in Chennai, Madurai, Coimbatore, Trichy and Dharmapuri and Rs 20 crores has been sanctioned for the construction of buildings along with constituent community colleges.