IGNOU to postpone June 2020 Term End Examination, Schedule to be released soon

The Indira Gandhi National Open University will postpone the June 2020 term-end examinations. The Examination which was scheduled to be conducted from June 1, 2020, has been postponed due to the lockdown.  According to media reports, IGNOU Vice-Chancellor, Professor Nageshwar Rao, made the confirmation regarding the postponement of the Term End Examination in a Facebook live conducted on the official Facebook page of IGNOU. 

The Vice-Chancellor in his Facebook Live session also added that the new schedule of the June Term End Examinations will be released later considering the situation at the time The students have also been informed at least 15 days prior to the examinations. According to data close to 7.5 lakh candidates will be taking the term-end examination of IGNOU. 

The IGNOU Vice-Chancellor, in his Facebook, live also informed that in order to provide sufficient time to the students, the dates of submissions of the assignments, examinations forms, and the re-admission forms have been extended by the university. Students will be able to submit the assignments and other forms until May 31, 2020, according to the situation of the students due to the COVID-19 lockdown. 

The Vice-Chancellor has also assured the students that those who have to submit the project reports as part of the evaluation process for some of the subjects, the project submission process has been made online. The guidelines for submitting the projects online will be enlisted by the University separately on the website. 

With respect to the programmes which require field work and collection of primary data, the exploration, and analysis of secondary research data will be allowed in place of the fieldwork since the lockdown has been imposed.

IGNOU students are therefore advised to keep visiting the official website of the university for regular updates.