STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Examination of Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) will commence from 1st June, 2015 and will continue till 27th June, 2015. A total of 4,85,000 students are appearing the examinations in 3,936 courses and the total number of answer scripts expected is 21 lakh.
The university has established 850 examination centres in different parts of the country.
The unique feature of IGNOU examination is 32 overseas centres for 2,782 students and 87 centres in the jails for 6,154 jail inmates. Prominent centres outside the country in terms of number of examinees are in Kathmandu (757 students), Ethiopia (558), Jeddah (192), Oman (161), Kuwait (145), Qatar (132). Besides this, exam centres have been established in far off places like Mauritius, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sudan, Cameroon, Uganda, Botswana, Ivory Coast, Namibia, etc.
Among the jail centres, Meerut has the highest number of examinees (581) followed by Allahabad (336), Aligarh (336), Tihar (246), Kota (233), Bareilly (222) and Varanasi (198).
For the Indian students, centres have been established both in urban and rural areas so that the students do not have to travel long distances to appear the examinations.
Under Jammu Region, 31 examination centres have been established including three examination centres in jails for jail inmates.
Hall Tickets have been uploaded in the University website www.ignou.ac.in and the same has also been sent to each student by post. Students can appear in the examination on production of University Identity Card and the downloaded hall tickets. In case hall tickets are not available in the website students are advised to contact their respective Regional Centres for permission to appear in the examination provided they have filled up the examination forms within the stipulated time and fulfill all the pre-conditions prescribed by the University for appearing the examination.
University has strictly prohibited possession of mobile phones and other electronic devices (expect simple calculators) inside the examination halls.
The examination answer scripts shall be evaluated by empanelled evaluators at zonal evaluation centres of the University established at Guwahati, Patna, Delhi, Pune, Chennai, Lucknow and Kolkata. As per the University ordinance, results will be declared within a period of 45 days.
