IGNOU makes scanned submission of a copy of the request, the last date of April 30.
NAGPUR: Indira Gandhi National Open University (Ignou) will now accept scanned copies of assignments via email so students don’t visit study centres before the April 30 deadline to send them. The submission of the assignment is a compulsory precondition for year / semester-end review to appear.
Tutor-marked assignments (TMA) are essential components of Ignou’s distance learning programs. They must be handwritten and the query type and marking scheme is identical to the one to be used in actual analysis. TMA’s aim is to verify that the student has understood the content of the study material.
Ignou Regional Director P Sivaswaroop said, “We have told our coordinators and staff that students are allowed to send scanned copies of hand-written assignments via email. Evaluation methods for these e-assignments were explained to them. “Due to the lockdown in state and later across the country, the earlier March 31 submission deadline for assignments had been extended by a month. The term-end exams usually take place in June / July, for which no specifics have yet been published.
Typically, students will flock to research centres for guidance on study materials and topics that are not possible because of lockdown. Ignou had stepped up its online and radio outreach campaign for the last week. Gyan Vani FM Radio (105.6 MHz) will coordinate the Environmental Studies Course (BEVAE-101) telephone-in counselling program for three days, from 7-9 April, from 9 am to 10 am. In this time the telephone number to connect is 0712-2510002.
Ignou’s regional centre in Nagpur also adopts different ways of interacting with students and functionaries at the study centre. “Live induction meeting for students spread across the district, which covers all of Vidarbha, was held via Facebook. Sivaswaroop and regional adjunct B Sasicoumar explained about Ignou and the method of analysis and evaluation. Also, students were taught about different methods of keeping themselves protected from COVID-19 by preserving hygiene and social distance practice.
