Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has asked its students to submit the assignments online. The decision has been taken by the government in view of the 21-days lockdown due to outbreak of corona virus.
"In view of the complete lockdown to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, the University has decided to facilitate assignment submission by learners through email. Learners can submit scanned copies of handwritten assignments through email to the respective RC email," said Rajesh Sharma, CPRO, IGNOU.
"The Regional Centres will accept scanned copies of handwritten assignments through a dedicated email id and take care for further process of evaluation," he also said.
The message was shared by the Regional Director of the Noida Regional Centre, IGNOU, on social media.
The last date for submitting the IGNOU June assignments is April 30 for the candidates who will appear for the June term end exam. For the convenience of the students, the University has developed an email address where students can submit their handwritten assignments.
"The date for submission of assignment at the Learner Support Centre (LSC) has been extended to 30th April 2020. However, as an interim arrangement during the lockdown period due to COVID-19, learners of Regional Centre, Noida who shall be appearing in TEE June 2020 may submit their scanned hand-written assignments to RC Noida mail ID rcnoidaassignments@ignou.ac.in till lockdown is lifted," the Noida Regional Centre of IGNOU has said.
Steps to submit the assignment online
- Write the assignment following the guidelines given in the assignment list
- Assignments should not be typed on computer
- Scan the handwritten assignments using mobile camera
- Submit the assignment on the email address provided by IGNOU
"A learner has to write assignment responses compulsorily before taking Term-End Examinations from time to time to complete an academic programme," said IGNOU.
"Keeping in view the spread of coronavirus, the epidemic and complete lockdown throughout the country, with the approval of the competent authority the last date of accepting the June, 2020 Term-end examination forms without any late fee has been extended up to 30th April, 2020," the IGNOU said in a notification on March 25.
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