The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has extended the last date of application for its Bachelor of Education (B.Ed), Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) nursing courses for this session from July 15 to August 11. An entrance examination for these courses would be held on September 24. The premier Open University has also extended the last date for the certificate, diploma and degree courses till July 31.
For admissions, the candidates should apply online on the admission portal of the University. The regional director of IGNOU, Dr Rajiv Kumar said that for admission in B.Ed. course the applicant must be have passed with 50 percent marks in the regular graduate course recognized by the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE). The assistant regional director of IGNOU, Dr Jagdamba Prasad said that the university has made changes in the eligibility criteria for its various courses. The university this year has decided to dispense with the earlier criteria of only allowing management graduates for its MBA programme. Now normal graduates would also be able to do MBA from the University.
He informed that like last year the universRs ity has decided to provide free teaching facility for SC and ST for BA, B.Com, B.Sc, BCA and BSWU courses. The interested candidates can download prospectus and application forms from the university website and deposit it at regional centres of IGNOU.