Aiming for higher enrolment in distance education in India, a panel that went into its present status has recommended to the HRD Ministry that an independent legislation be passed, on the lines of UGC.
 
Noted legal educator and founder-director of National Law School of India University (NLSIU) Prof N R Madhava Menon said that distance education was sharing his thoughts about it.
 
He mentioned that if properly organized, distance education can almost double or treble higher education enrolment than at present.  He said the sector was in total chaos due to a variety of reasons.