During the period of lockdown, IGNOU’s innovative practices of teaching and learning are working well with its students. The University is regularly broadcasting its education programmes, holding interactive live sessions and regularly extending web-based support for its more than 3 million students across the country.
Whereas the Regional Centres and study centres are under lockdown, the students are in active contact with IGNOU’s key functionaries through diverse means. IGNOU Regional Centre, Bhopal, recently conducted a meeting with its field functionaries through zoom and took feedback about the support services. Further, the information dissemination through various social media like whatsapp, twitter, facebook live sessions are very well in place.
Besides, IGNOU is providing a gamut of online services which includes IGNOU online programmes, 15 ongoing IGNOU Swyam courses ,05 IGNOU SWYAM-PRABHA Channels, discussion forum based online courses on Women and Gender Studies and live classes through webconferencing mode. All details are available at IGNOU website.
The students have also been given an opportunity to approach University’s key functionaries through IGRAM, which is online grievance reddressal portal of IGNOU. Students are advised to keep a watch on IGNOU’s web site where updated information is displayed on day to day basis.
While giving this information the Regional Director informed that the schedules of Gyan Dhara — the internet- based radio of IGNOU have already been uploaded on the web site of the University. The Gyan Dhaara is regularly working online (8am to 8pm) and providing academic support to its students.
As a special measure, the assignment submission date also has been extended till 30th April, 2020. University has also allowed the scanned copies of written assignments to be submitted at regional centre through email. Regional Director informed that keeping in view of the constraints in postal delivery of study materials, IGNOU students who are awaiting the study materials by post may use digital materials available on IGNOU website (e-Gyankosh) and also may access study materials through IGNOU e-content App, which can be downloaded through Google Play store on the mobile.
Anshuman Upadhyaya Asstt Regional Director informed that on pilot basis the face to face counselling session for the compulsory course has been planned through zoom platform. The students are being sent the invitation to join the platform and resources from Regional Centre as well as IGNOU Faculties and Academic counsellors will be involved in this activity. This will ensure the prescribed academic delivery in Open and distance mode with maintaining ‘Social Distance’.
