IGNOU REGIONAL CENTRE DELHI2

Frequently Asked Questions

Question What is the last date for submission of assignment in IGNOU?
Answer The last date for submission of assignments is 31st May 2021 for all the Programmes/ Courses
in IGNOU. Students are advised not to wait for the last date and submit their assignments as
soon as possible.
Question Who have to submit the assignment before 31st May 2021?
Answer Students who are enrolled/re-registered in July 2020 cycle for annual mode programme like
BAG, BSC, B.Com and Master programmes. Similarly, the students who got enrolled/re-
registered in any Certificate or semester-based Programme for Jan session 2021 like BCA/ MCA
and MP etc., they have to submit their assignments latest by the 31 st May 2021.
Question Can a student appear in Term End Examinations without submission of assignments?
Answer No, student cannot appear in Term End Exam without submission of assignment in any course.
Question From where student can get the assignments questions?
Answer Assignments may be downloaded from the IGNOU website through the following
links:www.ignou.ac.in/studentzone/downloads or
https://webservices.ignou.ac.in/assignments/
Question What if the assignment questions of a certain Programme/ Course are not available on the
IGNOU website?
Answer Student may write an Email to the Course Coordinator, School of Study concerned at the
IGNOU headquarters. The details of Schools of Study are available on the IGNOU website at
http://www.ignou.ac.in/ignou/aboutignou/school. Student may find out the School to which
the Programme / Course belongs and act accordingly.
Question Can a student submit typed assignments?
Answer No, typed assignments cannot be submitted under any circumstances either online or by hand
at the study centre. Only hand written assignments will be accepted.
Question Which paper should be used to write the assignments?
Answer Students may use A-4 Size paper (ruled / blank) sheets to write their assignments.
Question What if the - 4 size paper is not available due to lock down in the country?
Answer Students may write on any writable paper and submit online.
Question How can the assignments be submitted – Online or by hand at the study centre?
Answer Students may submit their assignments as per the practice (online or by hand) being followed
by their study centres. The details of each study centre are available at the following URL:
http://rcdelhi2.ignou.ac.in//Ignou-RC-Delhi-2/userfiles/file/link%20June,21.pdf
Question What if the study centre is closed during lock down? How students can submit their
 assignments by hand?
Answer Students may submit their assignments by hand as per the timing and days mentioned on the
above-mentioned links by visiting their study centres as per their convenience. Alternatively,
they may send their assignments by speed post. They need to keep a proof of the speed post
and photo copy/ies of the assignment/s for future reference, if required.
Question What a student should do if the whole assignments cannot be attached in a single email as one
file?
Answer Student may send scanned assignment separately for each course. They need to mention the
specific course in their email. They may send more than one email if they have to send
assignments for more than one course.
Question Will the students get the receipt of their email for submission of online assignment?
Answer No, receipt will be provided. The email sent by the student will be considered as a receipt of
the assignment submission.
Question Do the students need to submit hard copy of their assignments to their study centres also after
online submission?
Answer No. Once the students have submitted their assignments online, there is no need to submit the
hard copy at the same. However, they need to retain the hard copies of their submitted
assignments with them for future references and records, if required.
Question What should a student do if his/her assignment marks are not updated?
Answer First of all, the assignments submitted by 31st May, 2021 for June 2021 exams will normally get
updated by August/ September 2021 tentatively. The schedule may get affected due to the
covid crisis. Students are requested not to send any query before that period. Thereafter, they
may check their grade card status. If they will find that assignment marks are not updated, they
may contact their Study Centre/ Regional Centre to resolve your issues, if any.
Question Can a student submit his/her assignment at the email ID of the Regional Centre?
Answer No. Assignments submitted at any other email ID of Regional Centre or study centre to which
they do not belong, will not be accepted. Students are advised to be very careful, and
requested to submit their assignments only at their study centre link / email and nowhere else.
Question From where student can get the guidelines for online submission of assignments?
Answer Due to complete lock down, University has permitted all the students to submit the soft copy
of their hand written assignments through email at their respective Study Centres latest by
31st May 2021. The students have to adhere the following /guidelines while sending the
assignments:

 The assignments should be hand written and scanned properly.

 The 1st page of each assignment should consist of the name of the student,
enrolment number, study centre code, course code, Mobile number and email
ID of the student.
 Each page of the assignment must be signed by the students either on top or
bottom of the page before scanning and uploading the same.
 Scan the assignments by using Mobile or Cam Scan separately one by one. The
scanned copy should be very clear in nature.
 For each course the assignment response should be scanned in single PDF file
which means if there are 5 questions in one assignment then there should not
by 5 PDF files it should be one single PDF containing all five responses of the
assignment.
 The scan assignment for each course can be sent separately if all assignments of
the courses cannot be attached together.
 The file name should start with the enrolment number of the student followed
by the course. For example if the enrolment number of student is 2564879528
and s/he intend to submit her/his MEG1 assignment then the file name should
be given as 2564879528 MEG1.