new delhi distance education council has cautioned students not to take admissions at any franchised study centres contact points under distance education mode without checking the approval status of the institutions in a press statement dec stated that it has come to its notice that certain universities institutions are giving misleading advertisements in the newspapers and through other media for admission in programmes through distance mode indicating that they have approval of the dec for various programmes students desirous of pursuing educational qualifications through distance mode are advised to check the current status of approval recognition of programmes of universities institutions available on dec website in the absence of dec approval qualifications acquired through distance mode shall not be treated recognised for the purpose of employment under central government dec also advised not to take admission at any franchised study centre as it has to be operated by the university within its territorial jurisdiction only