New Delhi: The Distance Education Council (DEC) of Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) launched the Credit Transfer Scheme (CTS), under which students can move from one institution to another mid-way and complete an academic programme.

The scheme will be open to other open universities and higher education institutes soon after they enter into an inter - institutional agreement for credit transfer.

All open universities and ODL institutions, recognised by the DEC will come under the scheme.

The idea behind CTS is to increase learner mobility and set the practice of seamless education. For a learner, CTS facilitates movement from one institute to another without losing the achievements made in the former institute.

Implementation of the scheme is a means of improving the quality of academic cooperation and bringing benefits to learners.