BSWG-Programme Guide English
BSWG-Programme Guide English
BSWG-Programme Guide English
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Please keep this Programme Guide safely till you complete the
Programme. You will need to consult it thr oughout the duration of
the Programme.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
“The University sends study materials and assignments, wherever prescribed, to the students by
registered post and if a student does not receive the same for any reason whatsoever
, the University
shall not be held responsible for that.”
“In case a student wants to have assignments, he/she can obtain a copy of the same from the
Study Centre or Regional Centre or may download it from the IGNOU website - www .ignou.ac.in”
“The students are specifically instructed to send Examination Forms to concerned Regional Centres
only and to no other place and they are also advised to submit the Registration/Re-registration
Forms only at the respective Regional Centres and nowhere else. If any student sends the
Registration/Re-registration Forms, Examination Forms at wrong places and thereby misses the
scheduled date and consequently a semester/year, he/she will have no claim on the University for
regularization.”
“The policy of reservation for the OBCs/SCs & S Ts under the CEI Act is applicable to
all programmes/courses of study at the undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate levels, etc.
except courses or programmes at high levels of specialization including at the post-doctoral
level within any branch of study which the Central Government in consultation with the
appropriate statutory authority (UGC/BCI/MCI/AICTE/etc.) may specify” (As per clause 3 III
of the OM No.1-1/2005-UIA/847 dated 20thApril 2008).
Student support services are provided by the University through a network of study centres scattered all over
the country. S tudy centres are the actual focal points to enable you to receive regular information and
learning support. Each study centre provides you with library , audio and video facilities to further help you in
the learning process. Senior and experienced academics are engaged in face-to-face counseling at study
centres. The study centres are generally located in existing educational institutions and normally function on
all holidays and Sundays and also in the evenings on working days. Each study centre is supervised by a
Coordinator. Regional centres have been set up in different parts of the country to coordinate the functioning
of study centres.
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to in-service candidates and engages a large number of practitioners for field supervision.
Objectives of SOSW
• To promote human resources aiming at improving the quality of life of poorest of the poor .
• To meet the growing demand for professionally trained social workers across the country .
• To provide social work education and training based on indigenous knowledge and uniform curriculum
across the country .
• To assist the learner to acquire professional skills and knowledge to help the clients to deal with
their emotional and psychological problems.
• To encourage the learner to develop capacity in helping people to solve various social and economic
problems.
• To guide the learner to develop required attitudes in understanding people’s problem solving
interventions.
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4.1 LIST OF THEORY COURSES IN SOCIAL WORK DISCIPLINE
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Upon completion of field work, the FieldWork Journals are to be submitted to the Coordinator
of the Study Centre. The Coordinator will send the Journals by Registered Post to:
Registrar,
Student Evaluation Division
IGNOU, Maidan Garhi
New Delhi-110068
Your completed field Work Journals should reach the Student Evaluation Division latest by
30th November for December Term-end result and 30th May for June Term-end result.
Semester-wise Distribution of Courses
Semester Course Code Course Name Credits
BHDLA-135 Hindi Bhasha: Vivid Prayog 6
OR OR OR
BEGLA-135 English in Daily Life 6
Semester I BSW-121 Professional Social Work and itsValues 6
BSWL – 104 Social Work Practicum – IV 10
Total 22
Semester Course Code Course Name Credits
BSW-122 Society, Social Institutions and Social Problems 6
Semester II BSW-123 Community Organization and Communication 6
BSWL – 105 Social Work Practicum – V 10
Total 22
Semester Course Code Course Name Credits
BSW-124 Human Growth, Behaviour and Counselling 6
Semester III BSW-125 Social Case Work and Social GroupWork 6
BSWL – 106 Social Work Practicum – VI 10
Total 22
Semester Course Code Course Name Credits
BSW-126 Social Work in Family Setting 6
Semester IV BSW-127 Public Health and HIV/AIDS 6
BSWL – 107 Social Work Practicum –VII 10
Total 22
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Semester Course Code Course Name Credits
BSW-128 Social Policy and Social Development 6
Semester V BSW-129 Research Methods in SocialWork 6
BSWL-108 Social Work Practicum – VIII 10
Total 22
Semester Course Code Course Name Credits
BSW-130 Prevention of SubstanceAbuse 6
Semester VI BSW-131 Social Welfare Administration and SocialAction 6
BSWL- 109 Social Work Practicum - IX 10
Total 22
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Detailed Syllabus of BSWG Programme
BSWG Semester I Curriculum
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BSWG Semester II Curriculum
BSW-122: Society, Social Institutions and Social Pr oblems (6 credits)
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BSW-123: Community Organization and Communication (6 credits)
Block 1: Community Organization
Unit 1 Community Organization: Concept and Principles
Unit 2 History of Community Organization
Unit 3 Community Organization as a Method of Social Work
Unit 4 Current Issues in Community Organization
Unit 5 Role of Community Organizer in Different Settings
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BSWG Semester III Curriculum
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BSW-125: Social Case Work and Social Group Work (6 credits)
Block 1: Basics of Social Case Work
Unit 1: Introduction to Social CaseWork: Historical Development
Unit 2: Basics of Social CaseWork
Unit 3: Practice of Social CaseWork
Unit 4: Interviewing in Social Case Work-I
Unit 5: Interviewing in Social Case Work-II
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BSWG SEMESTER IV Curriculum
BSW-126: Social Work in Family Setting (6 cr edits)
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BSW-127: Public Health and HIV/AIDS (6 credits)
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BSWG Semester V Curriculum
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BSW-129: Research Methods in Social Work (6 credits)
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BSWG Semester VI Curriculum
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BSW-131: Social Welfare Administration and SocialAction (6 credits)
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5. SCHEME OF STUDY
After the first semester, whether you pass/attempt the first semester examinations or not, you
can seek admission for the second semester by submitting the course registration form with
requisite programme fee within the re-registration schedule as notified by the university.Similarly,
at the end of the second semester , irrespective of the fact that you have passed the second
semester or not, you can seek admission to third semester by submitting the course registration
form for the third semester along with the third semester programme fee. The same will be
applicable for subsequent semesters.
Note: Even if the university does not send any communication for re-registration in IInd semester
& subsequent semesters, you are advised to make use of the Course Registration form
printed in this programme guide.
The University offers a lot of flexibility and openness in the courses and duration for the completion of
programmes. You should take full advantage of this flexibility. As indicated earlier you can complete this
programme in 3 years. If you are not able to complete it within this period you can take a maximum of
6 years to complete it. It would be better if you plan it in a systematic way. Completion of a course
would involve studying the course, completing the assignments and field work practicum and appearing
in term end examination. If you are busy elsewhere and not able to fully devote yourself to the
programme, you should fix your tar gets every semester. Assignments can be downloaded from
IGNOU website. Always attempt the latest assignment uploaded in the IGNOU website. By a proper
planning every semester, you can complete this programme according to your convenience. As mentioned
earlier, completion of field work practicum of previous semester is mandatory for beginning field work
practicum in subsequent semesters.
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6. FEE STRUCTURE AND SCHEDULE OF PAYMENT
The University keep revising the fee structure which will be communicated through its study centres,
Regional Centres and Website (www.ignou.ac.in).
BSWG programme fee is Rs.16200/-.In the first year registration fee of Rs.200/- is charged. Fee is to
be paid per year at the rate of Rs.5400/-.
Learners are advised to submit the Re-registration (RR) forms 'Online' only on the web portal
www.ignou.ac.in as per schedule being notified by the University from time to time for respective
semesters. If the Re-registration of the programme is not available online or for any other reason as
specified by the University, learners should submit their RR forms at the respective Regional Centre
ONLY and nowhere else. If any student submits the 'Offline' Re-registration Form at any other Regional
Centre than the allocated Regional Centre, and consequently misses the scheduled date and a semester/
year, he/she will have no claim on the University for regularization.
Timely payment of programme fees is the responsibility of the students. Students are expected to remit fee
as early as possible without waiting for the last date. In case, you fail to remit the fee as per above schedule,
you will have to wait for next cycle of fee payment schedule. Non-payment of fee results in discontinuation
of the despatch of study material. Such students will not be permitted ot write the examinations. In case any
student wilfully appears in the examination without proper registration for a course(s), disciplinary action
shall be taken against him as per rules of the University . Fee once paid is not refundable.
7. MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION
The Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work is offered by the university through the medium of both Hindi and
English. You have to give your option for the medium of instruction. Printed course material and
assignments are sent to you in the medium of your option. Similarly, you have to submit the assignments
and attempt the term-end examinations in the language you have opted for. Audio-Video programmes
and counselling are also provided through the medium you prefer.
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8. INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEM
The methodology of instruction in this University is different from that in the conventional universities. The
Open University System is more learner-oriented, and the student is an active participant in the teaching-
learning process. Most of the instruction is imparted through distance rather than face-to-face communication.
Print material is the primary form of instructional material, although there will be a few audio-video-
programmes and counselling sessions. Therefore, you have to concentrate mainly on the printed materials
that we send you periodically. The printed material would be sufficient to write assignment responses and
prepare for the term end examinations.
Each Unit is structured to facilitate self study for you. The section on Objectives briefly states what we
expect you to attain when you have completed the Unit. In Introduction, there is an attempt to forge a link
with the topics of the previous Units and the topic to be covered in the present Unit. This is followed by the
main body of the Unit, which is divided into various sections and subsections. In the main body there are a
few self-check exercises under the caption Check Your Progress. Enough space is given for you to write
your answers to the questions set in the self-check exercises.Answers to these exercises are given in the
section Answers to CheckYour Progress Exercises at the end of the Unit.
The section Let Us Sum Upsummarises what has been said in the whole Unit. This summary enables you
to recall the main points covered in the Unit.To facilitate comprehension, important words/terms covered
in the Unit are explained in the sectionKey Words. Some books for additional reading are suggested in the
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section Further Readings and References. For your reference purpose some of these books may be
available in the study centre.The section Terminal Questions/Exercises is intended to give you an idea
about the nature of question that may be asked in term end examinations.These question andCheck Your
Progress Exercises are for your practice only, and you should not submit answers to these questions
to the University for assessment.
Read the Units carefully and note down the important points.You can use the space in the margin of the
printed pages for making notes and writing your comments. While reading the Units mark the words that
you do not fully understand. Look for the meaning of such words under the section KeyWords or in a
dictionary. Read the Unit again and again until you have understood the point You
. may also try to find it in
earlier Units as it may be explained there. However, if you still do not understand something, consult your
counsellor during the face-to-face sessions at the Study Centre for clarification.
Try to answer ‘Check Your Progress’ questions. These exercises will help you to reinforce the information/
knowledge you gain through your first reading of the text. Proper comprehension of the units and the points/
notes made by you while reading through the Units would help you in answering the Check Your Progress
Exercises given in the Units.
The catalogue of the Audio-Video material is available for download at the following link:- http://
www.ignou.ac.in/userfiles/AUDIO%20VIDEO%20CATALOGUE,%20JUNE%202019.pdf
Students desirous of buying the audio-video CDs/DVDs can procure them from: Marketing Unit,
Electronic Media Production Centre, IGNOU, MaidanGarhi, New Delhi-1 10 068.
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academic counselors and student support staff. Gyan Vani Delhi IRC sessions can also be listened from
Gyandhara webcast at the link https://www.ignouonline.ac.in/gyandhara/. The schedule of the running month
is also made available at the same link. Students can put across their questions to the experts by using the
telephone or chat box through Gyandhara. Other GV stations IRC telephone numbers are announced by
respective Radio Stations during broadcast.
Gyan Darshan (GD) channel is a joint venture of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD),
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (I & B Ministry), Prasar Bharati and IGNOU serving as the nodal
agency. Launched in the year 2000, GD is a 24-hour educational channel which offers the best of educational
programmes covering a variety of subjects and catering to a wide range of viewers. It is available on all
major DTH networks. Gyan Darshan is also now a part of Swayam Prabha and can be watched on
MHRD Channel no.25.
Gyan Darshan is also simultaneously webcast and can be accessed through the website
www.ignouonline.ac.in/gyandarshan. The monthly schedule of Gyan Darshan channel can be accessed
through IGNOU's website under Electronic Media Production Centre's page.
8.6 Teleconferencing
Gyan Darshan TV channel conducts two hours of live Teleconferencing sessions daily (onWeekdays) to
build interactivity in the ODeLsystem. Teachers/resource persons and Operational Divisions/Centres such
as RSD, SSE interact with students and also RC staffs, field level functionaries respectively for academic
and administrative matters. It is a one-way video and two way audio facility
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You can put your problems and questions to these experts through the telephone numbers scrolled on the
TV screen. These will help in resolving your queries related to courses and other general information
pertaining to programmes of study.The schedule of theTeleconferencing sessions are available on IGNOU's
website www.ignou.ac.in under Electronic Media Production Centre's page at the link http://ignou.ac.in/
ignou/aboutignou/icc/empc/teleconference-session
8.7 Counselling
In distance education, face-to-face contact between the learners and their tutors/counsellors is an important
activity. The purpose of such a contact is to answer some of your questions and clarify your doubts which
may not be possible through any other means of communication. It is also intended to provide you an
opportunity to meet fellow students. There are experienced academic counsellors at the Study Centres to
provide counselling and guidance to you in the courses that you have chosen for study. The counselling
sessions for each of the courses will be held at suitable intervals throughout the academic session. The
counselling sessions are not compulsory. However, they may be very useful in certain respects such as:
to share your views on the subject with teachers and fellow participants, comprehend some of the complex
ideas or difficult issues, and get clarifications for many doubts which you would not otherwise try to raise,
and consult academic counsellors for selecting courses of study .
Face-to-face counselling will be provided to you at the study centre assigned to you.You should note that
the counselling sessions will be very different from the usual classroom teaching or lectures. Counsellors will
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not be delivering lectures or speeches. They will try to help you to overcome difficulties (academic as well
as personal) which you face while studying for this programme. In these sessions you must look into the
subject-based difficulties and any other issues arising out of such difficulties. Besides, some of the audio
and video cassettes that are available at that time will be played in the counselling sessions.
Before you go to attend the counselling sessions, please go through your course material and note down the
points to be discussed. Unless you have gone through the Units, there may not be much to discuss.ryTto
concentrate on the relevant and the most important issues.Also try to understand each other’s points of
view. You may also establish personal contact with your fellow participants to get mutual help for academic
purposes. Try to get the maximum possible help from your counsellors.
1) Counselling: Face-to-face counselling for the courses will be provided at the Study Centres. The
detailed programme of the counselling sessions will be sent to you by the Coordinator of your Study
Centre.
3) Library: For each course some of the books suggested under ‘Some Useful Books’ will be available
in the Study Centre Library.All audio and video tapes are also available in the library
.
4) Information and Advice: At the Study Centre you get relevant information regarding the courses
offered by the University, counselling schedules, examination schedule, etc.You will also get guidance
in choosing your elective and application-oriended courses.
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5) Audio-Video Facilities: This practice of making audio-video cassettes available at Study centres is
discontinued as it is now made available through other means.
6) Interaction with Fellow-S tudents: In the Study Centres you get an opportunity to interact with
fellow students.
7) Facilitating students for Field Practicum: The study centre will facilitate you for the field practicum
by alloting a qualified field work supervisor.
Please bring all your Units and your folder of corrected assignments with you when you come to
the counselling session.
I BSWL-104 20 NIL 5 25
II BSWL-105 5 15 5 25
III BSWL-106 5 15 5 25
IV BSWL-107 5 15 5 25
V BSWL-108 5 15 5 25
VI BSWL-109 5 15 5 25
Successful completion of field work practicum in the first semester (BSWL-104) is a necessary condition
to take up field work practicum in the second semester (BSWL-105). Similarly successful completion of
field work practicum in the second semester (BSWL-105) is a necessary condition to take up field work
practicum in the third semester (BSWL-106), and so on. Details are given in the FieldWork Journal in
respective semesters. FieldWork Journal for each semester provides space for writing reports of various
activities such as:
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9.1 Field Work Placement: Why and How
Why?:
• Field work gives an opportunity for learning from the other: Service users, social work colleagues and
other workers besides gaining practice skills from prior learning.
• A trainee gets to work alongside professionals, taking greater responsibility
.
• To understand and address social issues in a practical way: ‘doing the real thing
How?
• It is done in partnership with social work agencies under the supervision of Field Work Supervisor
(FWS).
• Field Work Supervisor identifies agency and/or community according to students learning needs and
areas of interest.
• FWS has to be sensitive in addressing the specific needs of the learners including those registered
from far-flung remote areas.
• If a permission/request letter is required by the agency
, the FWS or the Coordinator at the Study
Centre may issue such letters .
• Students use social work theory and research findings in their practice & demonstrate a commitment
to professional values and ethics.
• Students, supervisors, academic counsellors review a learning agreement for each placement and
how this learning is facilitated and evaluated.
9.2 Concerns in Placement
• Being diligent/ industrious.
• Keeping in touch with FWS is compulsory, being regular and punctual.
• Dress code which are culturally and socially acceptable to local environment.
• Fieldwork supervisor should be MSW/M.A (Social Work). Only an approved FWS/Academic
counselor is eligible to supervise fieldwork practicum. Journals will be returned back if found supervised
by faculty from any other discipline.
9.3 Guidelines for Learner
• It is compulsory to attend Induction Meeting at one’
s Study Centre.
• Orientation Visits as mentioned in Fieldwork Journal are to be undertaken.
• Concurrent field visits as mentioned.
• Attend ICs regularly – Minimum 5. (compulsory)
• Stay in touch with FWS so that periodic evaluation of fieldwork reports by FWS is carried out.
• Face sheet, pre-term assessment form, post-term assessment, self-evaluation, summary should be
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completed before submission of the journal for evaluation.
• Face sheet and in the award list the supervisor’s (at study centre) name should be written clearly with
address, email address and contact number and it should be duly signed by the fieldwork supervisor
at study centre along with their seal/seal of study centre coordinator.
• Action will be taken by the university against learners who indulge in malpractices including copying,
impersonation etc.
• The fieldwork journal after evaluation should be mailed directly by the study centre to Registrar (SED)
and NOT by the individual students.
• A student should collect an acknowledgement slip while submitting the completed journal to the
supervisor/study centre.
• Collect experience certificate from the agency where you have done placement. Keep it safe till
you complete the BSWG programme.You need to paste xeroxed copy of certificate in the journal.
• Before submitting for evaluation,keep a xerox copy of journal ( to be used in case of any loss). Only
in case of any loss of field work journal, xerox copy may be submitted duly attested by the FWS and
study centre co-ordinator.
• A student may be permitted to do concurrent field visits in an agency where he/she works only for the
first semester . For fieldwork practicum for subsequent semesters he/she must be placed in other
agencies or open community setting.
• A BSWG student gets 3 to 6 years to complete all the field practicum journals along with the theory
component.
• A student is not allowed to undertake field practicum for a particular semester before completing and
submitting the journal of the previous semester.
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9.5 Other Useful Information
• For all queries regarding study materials, please contact Regional Centre/Registrar (MPDD).
• After the expiry of the maximum period of six years, one can take re-admission for two more years by
paying pro-rata fee (See ignou website,www.ignou.ac.in).
• For results, kindly see the ignou website and if not satisfied, contact Of
fice of Registrar, SED.
• Faculty including the Program Coordinator may be contacted only with regard to the problems
faced in teaching materials. (For example: printing error
, missing pages etc.)
• Enquiry regarding status of projects/Fieldwork Journal may be made with Project Section in Student
Evaluation Division: 01129571324
• For change of Study Centre/ Regional Centre etc, contact Regional Centre.
• For problems being faced from the Study Centre, please contact IGNOU Regional Centre.
10. EVALUATION
1) The performance of the students will be assessed under 'Numerical Marking Scheme'. Evaluation
Methodoloy has following components:
Theory Courses: i) Continous Evaluation through assignments carries 30% weightage and ii)
Term-end examination carries 70% weightage.
Social Work Practicum: i) Evaluation done by supervisor carries 50% (100 out of 200 marks)
weightage, & ii) External evaluation carries 50% (100 out of 200 marks) weightage. However,
student needs to pass separately by both supervisors.
2) Minimum 35% marks are required separately in continous evaluation and term-end examination to
complete each theory course.
Minimum 35% marks are required separately in each component of Social Work practicum. In
case you fail to secure minimum 35% in either of the components in Social Work Practicum, you
will have to repeat the Practicum.
3) Depending on the percentage of marks secured by a candidate, the divisions will be awarded as
follows:
Ist Division - 60% and above
IInd Division - 50% but below 59.9%
IIIrd Division - 35% but below 49.5%
Unsuccessful - Below 35%
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4) The notional correlates of the letter grades and percentage of marks are as under:
Letter Grade Qualitative Value Point Grade
A Excellent 5
B Very Good 4
C Good 3
D Satisfactory 2
E Unsatisfactory 1
5. Students who do not qualify in the term-end examination are also allowed to take up the term-
end examination of courses in the next semester. It means you can take the term-end examination
of the first semester courses in the second semester of study . Similarly the first and second
semester courses can be carried over to the third semseter and so on.
10.1Assignments -- Instructions
You have to complete the assignment within the due dates specified in the assignments booklet or within
one month of the date of receipt of assignments whichever is later
. You will not be allowed to appear for the
term-end examination for any course if you do not submit the specified number of assignments in time for
that course. If you appear in term-end examination, without submitting the assignments the result of term-
end examination would be liable to be cancelled.
You will not be allowed to appear for the term-end examination for any course if you do not
submit the specified number of assignments in time for that course.
The main purpose of assignment is to test your comprehension of the learning materials you receive
from us and also to help you get through the courses. The evaluators/counsellors after correcting the
assignments send them back to you with their comments and marks. The comments guide you in your
study and help in improving it. The content provided in the printed course materials should be sufficient
for answering the assignments. Please do not worry about the non-availability of extra reading materials
for working on the assignments. However, if you have easy access to other books, you may make use
of them. The assignments are designed in such a way as to help you concentrate mainly on the printed
course materials and exploit your personal experience.
There is only oneTutor MarkedAssignment (TMA) which will be evaluated by the counsellor
. For 6 credit
course, there is only one tutor marked assignment.
Whenever you receive a set of material and assignments, check them immediately and ask for
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missing pages, if any, from Material Production and Distribution Division, (IGNOU, Maidan
Garhi, New Delhi – 110068). Assignment can also be downloaded from the assignment section of
IGNOU website (www.ignou.ac.in)
The assignment responses should be complete in all respects. Before submission you should ensure that
you have answered all the questions in all assignments. Incomplete answer sheets bring you poor grades.
The University/Co-ordinator of the Study Centre has the right to reject the assignments submitted after the
due date. You are, therefore, advised to submit the assignments before the due date.
For your own record, retain a copy of all the assignment responses which you submit to the Coordinator .
If you do not get back your duly evaluated tutor marked assignments along with a copy of assessment
sheet containing comments of evaluator on your assignment within a month after submission, please
try to get it personally from your study centre.This may help you to improve upon future assignments.Also
maintain an account of the corrected assignment responses received by you after evaluation. This will help
you to represent your case to the University in case any problem arises.
In case of tutor-marked assignments, you have to submit your response sheets to the Coordinator of the
Study Centre assigned to you.After evaluation these tutor marked assignments will be sent back to you
with comments and marks (grade).
Do not forget to get back your duly evaluated tutor marked assignments alongwith a copy of the assessment
sheet containing comments of the evaluator on your performance. This may help you to improve future
assignments.
If you do not get pass grade in any assignment, you have to submit it again. However,once you get the pass
grade in an assignment, you cannot re-submit it for improvement of grade. Assignments are not subject to
re-evaluation except for factual errors, if any,committed by the evaluator. The discrepancy noticed by you
in the evaluated assignments should be brought to the notice of the Coordinator of the Study Centre, so that
the correct score is forwarded by him to the Student Evaluation Division at Headquarters. Score
communicated by the study centre through any mode other than the award list will not be acceptable to the
university for taking your score of assignments on your record.
In case you find that the score indicated in the assignment sheet of yourutor
T marked assignment has not
been correctly reflected or is not entered in your grade card, you are advised to contact the coordinator of
your study centre with a request to forward correct award list to the Student Evaluation Division at the
Headquarters.
Do not enclose or express doubts for clarification if any about study material or assignment
alongwith the assignment. Send your doubts in a separate cover to the Director of the concerned
School at IGNOU, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi - 110068. Give your complete enrolment number,
name, address, title of the course, and the number of the Unit or the assignment, etc. on top of your
letter
SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS FOR TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENTS (TMAs)
1) Write your Enrolment Number, Name, Full Address, Signature and Date on the top right hand
corner of the first page of your response sheet.
2) Write the Programme Title, Course Code, Course Title, Assignment Code and Name of your
Study Centre on the left hand corner of the first page of your response sheet.
Course Code andAssignment Code may be reproduced from the assignment.
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The top of the first page of your response sheet should look like this:
ENROLMENT NO.:
PROGRAMME TITLE: ............................... NAME: .................................................
COURSE CODE: ............................... ADDRESS: .................................................
............................... .................................................
COURSE TITLE: ............................... .................................................
ASSIGNMENT CODE: ............................... SIGNATURE: ................................................
STUDY CENTRE: ............................... DATE: .................................................
All Tutor MarkedAssignments are to be submitted at the study centre assigned to you.
3) Read the assignments carefully and follow the specific instructions, if any given on the assignment
itself about the subject matter or its presentation.
4) Go through the Units on which assignments are based. Make some points regarding the question
and then rearrange those points in a logical order and draw up a rough outline of your answer .
While answering an essay type question give adequate attention to introduction and conclusion. The
introduction must offer your brief interpretation of the question and how you propose to develop it.
The conclusion must summarise your response to the question. Make sure that the answer is logical
and coherent, and has clear connections between sentences and paragraphs. The answer should be
relevant to the question given in the assignment. Make sure that you have attempted all the main
points of the question. Once you are satisfied with your answer , write down the final version neatly
and underline the points you wish to emphasise. While solving numericals, use proper format and
give working notes wherever necessary.
5) Use only foolscap size paper for your response and tie all the pages carefully
. . Avoid using very thin
paper. Allow a 4 cm margin on the left and at least 4 lines in between each answer. This may facilitate
the evaluator to write useful comments in the margin at appropriate places.
6) Write the responses in your own hand.Typed assignments are also acceptable. Do not copy your
answers from the Units/Blocks sent to you by the University. If you copy, you will get zero marks for
the respective question.
7) Do not copy from the response sheets of other students. If copying is noticed, the assignments of
such students will be rejected.
8) Write each assignment separately. All the assignments should not be written in continuity
.
9) Write the question number with each answer.
10) The completed assignment should be sent to the Coordinator of the Study Centre allotted to you.
Under any circumstances do not send the tutor marked response sheets to the Student Evaluation
Division at Head Quarters for evaluation.
11) After submitting the assignment at the Study Centre get the acknowledgement from the Coordinator
on the prescribed assignment remittance-cum-acknowledgement card.
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12) In case you have requested for a change of Study Centre, you should submit your Tutor Marked
Assignments only to the original Study Centre until the change of Study Centre is notified by the
University.
13) If you find that there is any factual error in evaluation of your assignments e.g. any portion of assignment
response has not been evaluated or total of score recorded on assignment response is incorrect you
should approach the coordinator of your study centre for correction and transmission of correct
score to headquarters.
14) While submitting assignments and field work journals to the study centre, you must ensure
that each time an acknowledgement receipt is taken from the study centre. If the academic
counsellor refuses to provide acknowledgement receipt, the matter must be reported to the
study centre co-ordinator. If the co-ordinator also refuses to provide the acknowledgement receipt
the matter must be reported to the programme co-ordinator by e-mail or telephone call followed
by a written complaint to Director, SOSW, IGNOU, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-110068
10.2 Term-end Examinations
As stated earlier, term-end examination is the major component of the evaluation system and it carries 70%
weightage in the final result.
The University conducts term-end examination twice a year i.e., in June and December .You can take the
examination only after completion of the course. The term end examination will be conducted semesterwise.
Whenever you are repeating examination you can appear either in June & December .
In case you fail to get a pass score in the Term-end Examination, you will be eligible to reappear at the next
Term-end Examination for that course as and when it is held, within the total span of the programme.
Eligibility for Examination
To be eligible to appear at the Term-end Examination in any course, you are required to fulfil the following
four conditions.
1) You should have paid the registration fee for that semester
.
2) You should have opted and pursued the prescribed course.
3) You should complete the submission of assignments for the respective course.
4) You should submit the examination form in time (which is explained later).
Examination Date Sheet
Examination date sheets (Schedule which indicates the date and time of examination for each course) are
sent to all the Study Centres approximately 5 months in advance. The same is also notified through IGNOU
News Letter from time to time.Thus, normally, the date sheet for June examinations is sent in the month of
January/February and for December examination in the month of July/August.You are advised to see
whether there is any clash in the examination dates of the courses you wish to take i.e. examination of any
two courses you wish to take are scheduled on the same day at the same time. If there is any clash, you are
advised to choose one of them in that examination and the other course in the next examination (i.e., June
or December as the case may be).
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Examination Form
It is an essential pre-requisite for you to submit the Examination Form for taking examination in any course.
Copies of the examination forms are available at Study Centres/Regional Centres/Student Evaluation Division
at Headquarters. A copy is also printed here in this Programme Guide. You can take photocopy of this
form and use it. Only one form is to be submitted for all the courses in one term-end examination.
You need
not pay any separate fee for the examinations.
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Declaration of Result
It is your duty to check whether you are registered for that course and whether you are eligible to appear
for that examination or not. If you neglect this and take the examination without being eligible for it, your
result will be cancelled.
Although all efforts are made to declare the result in time, there will be no binding on the University
to declare the results of the last examination before commencement of next examination. You
are therefore, advised to fill up the form without necessarily waiting for the result and get it
cancelled at a later date if so required.
No student is allowed to reappear in an examination or submitting assignments for improving the marks/
grade after successfully passing it.
Study Centre is the contact point for you. The University cannot send communication to all the students
individually. All the important communications are sent to the Coordinators of the Study Centres and
Regional Directors. The Coordinators would display a copy of such important circular/notification on the
notice board of the Study Centre for the benefit of all the Students. You are, therefore, advised to get in
touch with your Coordinator for day-to-day information about assignments, submission of examination
forms, date-sheet, list of students admitted to a particular examination, declaration of result, etc.
While communicating with the University regarding examination, please clearly write your enrolment number
and complete address. In the absence of such details, we will not be able to attend to your problems.
The University publishes newsletter two times in a year in English as well as in Hindi. It is mailed to the
students free of cost.All the important information relevant to the students is published in the newsletter
.
Reservation of Seats
The University provides reservation of seats for scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, other backward classes,
wards of defence personnel who lost their lives or were seriously injured and physically handicapped
students as per the Government of India rules.
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Provisional Certificate
On request from the student a provisional certificate will be issued on completion of 32/64 credits courses
prescribed and opted by the student in the Ist/IInd year respectively for provisional certificate you
have to write to the Registrar SED, IGNOU, New Delhi110 068, in prescribed form as contained in this
Programme Guide.
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Re-evaluation of Term-End-Examination
After the declaration of result, if the students are not satisfied with the marks awarded, they can request the
University to re-evaluate theirAnswer Scripts on payment of relevent fee per course.The request for re-
evaluation by the student must be made within one month from the date of declaration of result to the
concerned Evaluation Centre in the prescribed format alongwithrelevent fee per course in the form of
Demand Draft in favour of IGNOU payable at the city where submitting the Re-evaluation form. Format
is available in the Programme Guide or IGNOU website: www .ignou.ac.in
Definitions
“Credit transfer” means allowing a student of another university to get admitted to IGNOU for
completing any equivalent degree/diploma programme on the basis of credits obtained by him/her
from that University. A student thus admitted need to write IGNOU examinations for such courses
which are found equivalent to and for which appropriate credits would be deemed to have been
acquired for and purposes for fulfilling the IGNOU requirements for award of a degree/diploma.
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Eligibility
The credit transfer scheme is applicable only to those candidates who have not completed their degree
from any other recognized university yet willing to complete through IGNOU as per rule. provided.
The information about the suitable forms for specific purpose is also provided in this programme guide.
Whenever you need take a copy of the relevant form and send as per instructions given in the form.
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13. SOME FORMS FOR YOUR USE
In this Section we are enclosing the sample of some forms which are useful to you. Whenever you have to
correspond with the University, please get the photocopy of the relevant form, fill it carefully and send as
per instructions therein. The detailed instructions for all these forms are provided in this programme guide in
different sections. The following forms are enclosed:
1) Application for credit transfer and instructions in Bachelor’s Degree Programme.
2) Assignment remittance-cum-acknowledgement form/change/correction of address/study centre.
3) Change of medium/courses/programme of study.
4) Requisition for fresh set of assignments and instructions.
5) Term-end examination form and instructions.
6) Non-receipt of study material/assignments.
7) Application form for re-evaluation of answer script.
8) Form for duplicate grade card/Mark-sheet.
9) Migration certificate form and instructions.
10) Form for provisional certificate.
11) Application form for obtaining photocopy of the answer script.
12) Application form for early declaration of term-end-examination.
13) Re-admission form and guidelines.
14) Application form for improvement in Division/Class.
15) Application form for issue of official transcript.
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INDIRA GANDHI NA TIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY
Please see instructions overleaf
Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-1 10 068
Application for Credit Transfer in Bachelor Degree Programme
Details of courses applied for Credit Transfer : IGNOU Credit Equivalence desired
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S. No. Subject (s) Maximum Percentage Marks Year of Course Course Title Credits
Qualified Marks of Marks Obtained Passing Code
All of the Information provided above is true to the best of my knowledge Student Signature & Date :
(For Office use only)
Recommendations of Schools :
Credit Transfer recommended for the following Credit Transfer for the following courses not recommended
Course Signature of Course Reasons for Signature of
Course Title Credits Marks Percentage Course Title Credits
Code Director of School Code Rejection Director of School
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSION FOR APPLICATION FOR CREDIT TRANSFER
1. Read the instructions given in your Programme Guide carefully
.
2. For BSWG Credit Transfer is allowed only for foundation courses and language age courses.
4. Pay the credit transfer fee at the rate of Rs. 100/- per course or part thereof through a crossed Demand Draft in
favour of ‘India Gandhi National Open University’ payable at New Delhi.
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Enrolment No.: Programme : INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY
ASSIGNMENTS REMITTANCE-CUM-ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FORM
Name :
Enrolment No. : Programme :
Course Code : Medium : Name : ___________________________________
S.No. Assignment No. For Office Use Only Course Code : _____________________________
Medium :
Sr. No. : ___________________________ _________________________________________
S. No. Assignment No.
Date of Receipt : ___________________ _________________________________________ FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
_________________________________________
Name of Evaluator : _________________ Sr. No. : ________________________________
_________________________________________
Signature of the receiver
Date of despatch _________________________________________
to the Evaluator : ___________________ Date : __________________________________
Signature of the
Student ___________________________________ __________________________________ Seal
Sig. of dealing Accountant Date of receipt from
Date : ____________________________________
Date : Evaluator :
Notes : 1. Submit this form to the coordinator of your study centre alongwith the assignment.
2. When you submit the assignment by post, enclose a self-addressed stamped stamped envelop along with this.
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CHANGE/CORRECTION OF ADDRESS AND STUDY CENRTE INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY
If you change your address please ASSIGNMENTS REMITTANCE-CUM-ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FORM
complete the form using
block capitals and indicating : Programme Code
Enrolment No.
Foundation Courses
Elective Courses
Application Oriented
Courses
Fee Details : Demand draft is to be made in the name of IGNOU payable at Delhi
Signature
Name ................................................................
Address .............................................................
...............................................................
...............................................................
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Please read the Instructions overleaf before filling up this form.
Programme of Study
Name Shri/Smt./Km..........................................................................................................................
Please indicate course code, assignment code and course title for which you need the assignments in the following
columns. The assignments of the course which you have already passed should not be mentioned.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
1. Read instructions for submission of assignments given in your Programme Guide carefully
.
2. Assignments should be demanded only if your registration for that course (subject) is valid.
3. Please ensure that you have mentioned your correct Enrolment No. (it consists of 9 digits), Name, Course
Code, and Course Title, Semester/year, wherever applicable, and Study Centre Code on your assignment
responses before submitting to the concerned authorities.
4. Submission of assignments within due dates is a pre-requisite for appearing in the term-end examination. You
are, therefore, advised to submit yourTMAs at your Study Centre and within the prescribed dates.Assignments
received after due dates will be summarily rejected.
5. In case you have failed to get the overall qualifying grade for a course; you may choose to either appear in the
term end examination or attempt the assignments for that course again.
6. Assignments should not be demanded to improve your score if you have secured minimum qualifying score in a
course (subject).
7. Please do not submit your assignment responses twice either at the same Study Centre or at different Study
Centres for evaluation.
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INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY EXAM FORM
STUDENT EVALUATION DIVISION
Serial
MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI-110 068 No.
TERM-END EXAM JUNE / DECEMBER - 201___
Control No.
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Please submit your exam form at the concerned Regional Centre under which your examination centre falls.
2. Write in CAPITAL LETTERS only within the box without touching the lines as shown in the sample below.
Name of the Candidate: (Leave one box empty between First Name, Middle Name and Surname)
Address for Correspondence (Do not give Post Box No. Leave box blank between each unit of address like House No., Street Name, PO, etc.
City District
COURSE OPTION:
Course codes for which appearing for the first time OR failed in the earlier TEEs including Practical Courses for BCA, MCA, BIT / ADIT / PGDLAN / BLIS
Programmes FEE @ Rs. 60/- PER COURSE (Demand draft in favour of IGNOU and payable at Regional Centre under which your exam centre falls.
S.No. Course Code S.No. Course Code
1. 9.
2. 10.
3. 11.
4. 12.
5. 13.
6. 14.
7. 15.
8. 16.
FEE DETAILS (Please write your Name & Enrolment No. at the back of the Draft)
1. Draft No.
Total No. of Total Amount
Courses × 60 Amount
TOTAL Date / /
Issuing Branch ———————————————————————
SIGNATURE OF THE STUDENT
(within the Box only) Payable at (Regional Centre under
which your exam centre falls)
ISSUING BANK
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Dates for Submission of Exam Forms
FOR JUNE TEE LATEFEE FOR DEC TEE LATEFEE Submission of Exam Form
1 March to 31 March NIL 1 Sept. to 30 Sept. NIL
ONLY AT THE CONCERNED
1 April to 20April 300/- 1 Oct. to 20 Oct. 300/- REGIONAL CENTRE UNDER
WHICH YOUR EXAMINATION
21 April to 30April 500/- 21 Oct. to 31 Oct. 500/- CENTRE FALLS
1 May to 15 May 1000/- 1 Nov. to 15 Nov. 1000/-
AUTHENTICATION BY CO-ORDINATOR/INCHARGE OF
STUDY CENTRE/PROGRAMME STUDY CENTRE/PARTNER INSTITUTION/
COMMUNITY COLLEGE
It is to certify that the student has submitted all the assignment(s) for the course(s) filled in the examination form.
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The Registrar
Materials Production and Distribution Division
Indira Gandhi National Open University
New Delhi-110 068
Enrolement No.
I have remitted all the dues towards the course fee and there is No change is may address given as follows
:
Name and Address : ................................. Signature : ..........................................
..................................
Date : ...........................................
..................................
..................................
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INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY
Student Evaluation Division
1. Name:…………………………………………………………………………….
2. Programme: Enrolment No.
3. Address: …………………………………………………………………………..
……………………………………………………………………………
PIN:
…………………………………………………………………………………………
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RULES & REGULA TIONS FOR RE-EVALUATION OF ANSWER SCRIPTS
1. The request for re-evaluation by the student must be made before 31st March for December TEE
and 30th September for June TEE or within one month of declaration of results, whichever is later
.
2. The date of declaration of result will be calculated from the date on which the result are placed on
the IGNOU website.
3. After re-evaluation, the better of the two scores of original marks/grade and marks/grade after re-
evaluation will be considered.
4. The revised marks/grade after re-evaluation shall be communicated to the student on receipt pf re-
evaluation result and result of re-evaluation will also made available on the IGNOU website at
www.ignou.ac.in. The minimum time required for re-evaluation shall be 30 days from the date of
receipt of application.
5. Re-evaluation is permissible in TEE only and not in the Project Dissertation Practicals/Lab courses,
Workshops, Assignments & Seminar etc.
6. On the top of the envelope containing the prescribed application form. ‘Please mention
APPLICATION FORM FOR RE-EV ALUATION OF ANSWER SCRIPTS’
7. Application form must reach within the prescribed dates at the following address:-
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INDIRA GANDHI NA TIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY
Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-110 068
Name ...............................................................................................
Enrolment No.
Address .............................................................................
.............................................................................
.............................................................................
.............................................................................
Pin
Programme .................................................................................................................................................
..................................................................
Signature
Dated ........................................................................
Note : Fee for duplicate grade card Rs.150. The duplicate grade card/mark sheet will be sent by Registered
post.
The filled in form with the requisite fee is to be sent to :
The Registrar (SED)
Indira Gandhi National Open University
Maidan Garhi,
New Delhi-110 068
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INDIRA GANDHI NA TIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY
(To be submitted at the concerned Regional Director)
APPLICATION FORM FOR ISSUE OFMIGRATION CERTIFICATE
1. Name .................................................................................................................................................
Draft Details
Amount Rs. _____________________D.D. No. ______________________ Date _____________
1. I hereby declare that the information provided is correct to the best of my knowledge and I have paid all
the fee due to the University.
2. I have not taken any migration certificate from the University before this.
3. I further certify that I have not enrolled with any other University/Institution after passing out from
IGNOU up to this date.
4. In the event of any of the above information being found incorrect, the Certificate shall be liable for
cancellation by the University.
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INSTRUCTIONS
1. A fee of Rs. 300/- should be remitted by way of a Demand Draft drawn in favour of IGNOU and payable
at New Delhi.
2. At the time of submission of the application for issue Migration Certificate the applicant should attach xerox copy
of consolidated Statement of Marks of Provisional Certificate issued by this University (duly attested)
for verification.
3. Duplicate Migration Certificate can be issue on payment of Rs. 300/- only in case the same has been lost,
destroyed or mutilated on submission of an Affidavit drawn up on a non-judicial stamp paper of the value
of Rs. 10/- to be sworn before a Magistrate on the following format.
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INDIRA GANDHI NA TIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY
SED
Maidan Gar hi, New Delhi-1 10 068
Enrolment No.
Name ............................................................................................
............................................................................................
............................................................................................
............................................................................................
Registrar (SED)
IGNOU
Maidan Garhi,
New Delhi-110 068
Date........................................ ............................................
Signature
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INDIRA GANDHI NA TIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY
MAIDAN CARRl, NEW DELHI-110068
APPLlCATION FORM FOR OBT AINING PHOT OCOPY OF THE ANSWER SCRIPT
(Rules & regulations are mentitned on the reverse side of this form. Please go through them carefully
before filling up the form).
Prescribed dates for submission of form:- 1st March to 15th April for June Term-end Exam.
1st September to 15th October for DecemberTerm-end Exam.
1. Name .....................................................................................................................
3. Address : ..........................................................................................................................................
.........................................................................................................................................................
...............................................................................................Pin Code
4. Detail of the course(s), for which photocopy of the answer script(s) is/are required:
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INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY
Student Evaluation Division
3. Address: ...........................................................................................................................................
.........................................................................................................................................................
...............................................................................Pin
________________________________________________________________________
(Enclose a copy of the documentary evidence specifying the reason for early declaration)
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RULES & REGULA TIONS FOR EARL Y DECLARATION Of RESUL TS
1. Request for early declaration of results will be entertained for final semester/year or maximum of
4 backlog courses only, subject to the following conditions:-
(i) The student has been selected for higher study/employment and statement of marks/grade
card is required to be produced to the institute by a particular date, which is before the prescribed
dates of declaration of the University’s results.
(ii) The student has completed all the other prescribed components except the term-end examination
of the courses, for which early evaluation has been sought.
2. Application for early declaration, for the reasons such as to apply for recruitment/higher study/post
and promotion purpose etc. will not be entertained.
3. Application without enclosing documentary evidence specifying the reason for early declaration will
not be entertained.
4. Application form must reach at the following address before the date of the examination for the
course(s) for which early evaluation is sought:-
Sl.No. Address of Evaluation Centre Jurisdiction of Evaluation Centre
1. Dy. Registrar All Examination Centres within Delhi, Faridabad, Gurgaon,
Evaluation Centre Noida and Ghaziabad
Block-5, IGNOU
Maidan Garhi
New Delhi-110068
2. Dy. Registrar All Examination Centres inAndhra Pradesh, Kerala,
Evaluation Centre Karnataka, Tamil Nadu (area under Madurai RC),
and Periyar Thidal Maharashtra ( area under Pune RC),Andaman & Nicobar
No.50, EVK Sampath Road Islands
Vepery, Chennai -600 007
3. Dy. Registrar All Examination Centres in Orissa,West Bengal, Jharkhand,
Evaluation Centre Chhattisgarh , Uttar Pradesh area under the jurisdiction of
IGNOU Regional Centre Lucknow RC), Bihar (area under Darbhanga RC)
2nd Floor, Biscomaun Tower,
W. Gandhi Maidan,
Patna-800001
4. Dy. Registrar All Examination Centres in Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal,
Evaluation Centre J&K, Uttar Pradesh (areas under Varanasi & Aligarh RCs)
IGNOU Regional Centre Chandigarh, Haryana, Punjab, Bihar ( areas under Patna RC)
B-l/33, Sector-H, Aliganj Assam,
Lucknow-226 024
5. Dy. Registrar All Examination Centres in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Mumbai,
Evaluation Centre Maharastra (areas under Mumbai and Nagpur RCs)
IGNOU Regional Centre Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu ( area under Chennai RC), Goa
1st Floor, MSFC Building
270, Senapati Bapat Road
Pune-410 016
6. Dy. Registrar All Examination Centres in Tripura, Nagaland, Mizoram,
Evaluation Centre Sikkim, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya
IGNOU Regional Centre
H/No.71,GMC Road,
Christian Basti,
Guwahati -78 605
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Date of submissio n :
1st Aug to 31st Oct.
INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY or
MAIDAN GARHI. NEW DELHI-110068 1st Feb. to 30th April
3. Enrol. No.
Total Rs.
7. Details of re-registration for the missed year(s)/semester(s), if any:
Year(s) Course Code(s) of the missed year(s)/semester(s) Re-registration fee a
semester(s) per current rate (Rs.)
8. Toal Fee (col. no. 6+7) Rs. ___________ enclosed vide Demand Draft No. __________________________
Date____________________of_____________________________________________(Name of Bank)
(DD should be drawn in favour of ‘IGNOU’’
‘ payable at New Delhi)
Main this Re-admission Form along Signature of the student
with DD to Registrar, Student
Registration Division, IGNOU, Maidan
Garhi, New Delhi-110 068 on or before
the last date mentioned above.
Note : Please retain a copy of this form for any future reference.
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RULES & GUIDELINES FOR RE-ADMISSION
1. Re-admission is permissible in the following cases:
(a) Students who failed to complete the requirements in full or in part within the maximum span period prescribed.
(b) Students who failed to complete the requirement of attendance in practicals as prescribed in
Programme curriculum within the maximum span period prescribed.
2. Students who did not register for all years/semesters of a Programme and fail to pay the prescribed full Programme
fee during the maximum duration of the Programme are also eligible for Readmission, provided they pay full fee for
the missed year(s)/ semester(s) as per rate applicable for the session for which they seek re-admission, in addition
to the pro-rata course fee for re-admission as per rate given in T able-A for each of the course(s) they failed to
successfully complete within the maximum period prescribed.
3. Course fee paid for re-admission would be valid for a period of six months/one year/two consecutive academic
years or four consecutive semesters only, as given below:
a) Six months - for all Certificate Programmes of six months duration
b) One year - for all Diploma / PG Dip. / PG Certificate Prog. of one year duration (including BLlS, MLlS,
MADE, ADITetc.)
c) Two years for all undergraduate and post-graduate programmes whose minimum duration is of 2 years
and above.
4. The additional period indicated at point no.3 above will commence from the date of completion of the maximum
duration of the Programme forwhich the registration was done initially, even if the re-admission is sought at a later
date.
5. Students shall not be on rolls of the university beyond the additional period indicated at point no.3 above.
6. The credit earned by the student towards his/her courses and assignments successfully completed shall be retained
for the revalidated period, provided the syllabus and methodology now in vogue are similar to the course(s)
successfully completed earlier .
7. No study material will be supplied on re-admission. If the earlier study material is replaced, the student will be
required to buy changed course material.
8. The students will be allowed to take re-admission in the old course(s) as long as the examination in the old course(s)
is conducted by the University and subject to validity of re-admission period indicated at point number 3 above.
9. For the Programmes containing practical component, the norms of fee payable will be as decided by the respective
Schools.
10. Students are required to pay the pro-rata Re-admission fee as per details given ill Table-A, in lump-sum, for
all the courses tiley failed to successfully complete earlier. Fee once paid will not be r efunded under any
circumstances. Students of BCA-MCA Integrated Programme should pay the prorata re-admission fee, in
lump-sum, for all those courses of SeA & Me A not successfully completed during the max. duration of 8 years.
11. Pro-rata fee for Re-admission would be changed as and when the University revises the Programme fee for
various Programmes.
12. Other conditions as prescribed by the University relating to the admission and re-admission shall remain the same.
13. The Demand Draft for Re-admission fee together with the re-registration fee of the missed year(s)/semester(s), if any ,
should be drawn in favour of IGNOU payable at New Delhi. Please write your Enrol. No., Name and Programme code
and also the words ‘Re-admission’ on the reverse of the DO.
*********
P.S.
I. As per policy decision taken by the Academic Council at its 40 th meeting held on 17.05.2007, BCA students
registered in the pre-revised syllabus in Jan.1996, Jan.1997 & Jan. 1998 batches are allowed to complete all the
requirements for the award of BCA Degree by Dec. 2010 Term-end examination due to winding up of BCA (old
syllabus); subject to remittance of pro-rata fee once again.
2. Similarly, students of stand alone MCA pre-revised syllabus and B.Sc. (Nursing) old syllabus ar e also allowed to
complete all the requirements for the award of the respective Degree by Dec.2010 Term-end examination because
of winding up of these programme; subject to remittance of pro-rata fee once again. However, MLIS old syllabus
students would be allowed to complete all the requirements for the award of Degree by Dec. 2009 TEE.
3. Besides above, BCA (revised syllabus) students admitted in July 1998 and up to Jan. 2002 batches, either in stand
alone BCA programme or under Integrated MCA Programme are also eligible to complete all the requirements for
the award of Degree of BCA and/or MCA; subject to revalidation of the left-over courses up to Dec.20lO by remitting
the pro-rata fee once again, in lump-sum.
4. No term-end examination will be conducted after Dec.2010 TEE for the courses of BCA (old syllabus) as well as
MCA(old syllabus).
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STUDENT EVALUATION DIVISION
(Rules & regulations are mentioned on the reverse side of this form. Please go through them carefully before
filling up the form).
Prescribed dates for submission of form: 1st to 30th April for JuneTerm-end Exam.
1st to 31st October for DecemberTerm- end Exam.
1. Name: .......................................................................................................................................................
3. Address: ...................................................................................................................................................
..................................................................................................................................................................
...................................................................................... Pin
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RULES & REGULATION FOR IMPROVEMENT IN DIVISION/CLASS
1. The improvement of marks/grades is applicable only for the Bachelor’s/Master’s Degree Programmes, who
have completed the programme. The eligibility is as under:-
a) The students of Bachelor’s/Master’s Degree Programmes who fall short of 2% marks to secure nd2 and 1st
division.
b) The students of Master’s Degree Programmes only, who fall short of 2% marks to secure overall 55%
marks.
3. The improvement is permissible only in theory papers. No improvement is permissible in Practicals/Lab courses,
Projects, Workshops and Assignments etc.
4. Under the Provision of improvement, a maximum of 25% of the maximum credits required for successful
completion of a programme shall be permitted.
5. Students wishing to improve the marks will have to apply within six months from the date of issue of final
statement of marks/grade card to them, subject to the condition that their registration for the programme/
course being applied for improvement, is valid till the next term-end examination in which they wish to appear
for improvement.
6. No student will be permitted to improve if maximum duration to complete the programme, including the re-
admission period, has expired.
7. After appearing in the examination for improvement, better of the two examinations, i.e. marks/grade already
awarded and the marks/grade secured in the improvement examination will be considered.
8. In case of improvement, the month and year of completion of the programme will be changed to the
Term-end
examination, in which students appeared for improvement.
9. Students will be permitted for improvement of marks/grades provided the examination for the particular course,
in which they wish to improve, is being conducted by the University at that time.
10. On the top of the envelope containing the prescribed application form, Please mention “APPLICATION
FORM FOR IMPROVEMENT IN DIVISION/CLASS.
11. Application form must reach within the prescribed dates at the following address:-
The Registrar,
Student Evaluation Division,
Indira Gandhi National Open University,
Maidan Garhi,
New Delhi-110068
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INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY
STUDENT EVALUATION DIVISION
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4. Purpose for which: ....................................................................................................................................
transcript is required .................................................................................................................................
5. Fees detail:
Fees for the official transcript:-
Rs. 200/- per transcript, if to be sent to the student/Institute in India.
Rs. 400/- per transcript, if required to be sent to the Institute outside India by the University.
(The requisite fee is required to be paid through demand draft drawn in favour of ‘IGNOU’ & payable at
‘New Delhi’)
No. of transcript(s): …………..…… X Rs. 200/ Rs. 400/- = Total Amount: Rs......................required
7. Name & address of the University/Institute/Employer in capital letters to whom transcript is required to be
sent (attached a separate list, if required)
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The Registrar,
Student Evaluation Division,
Indira Gandhi National Open University,
Maidan Garhi,
New Delhi-110068.
Note: The students are required to enclose same number of legible photocopies of both sides of the statement of
marks/grade card issued to them, as the number of transcripts required.
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IGNOU POLICY REGARDING SEXUAL HARASSMENT AT THE WORKPLACE
In compliance with the guidelines of the Supreme Court, IGNOU has adopted a policy that aims to prevent/
prohibit/ punish sexual harassment of women at the workplace.Academic/non-academic staff and students of this
University come under its purview.
Information on this policy , rules and procedures can be accessed on the IGNOU website (www .ignou.ac.in).
Incidents of sexual harassment may be reported to the Regional Director of the Regional Centre you are attached
to or to any of the persons below:
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