Student Support Services

IGNOU has a wide network of study, work and programme centres, through which it reaches out to its students located in different parts of (across) the country. Academic counselling is an important instructional component of distance teaching and learning, and consists of tutoring and general counselling. Work centres and laboratory classes have been established for programmes with practical components.

At a study centre, the following facilities are extended to students:

• Subject-specific counselling by part-time academic counsellors
• Audio and video-viewing facilities
• Library
• Teleconferencing
• Information services related to rules, regulations, procedures and schedules of the University
• Submission of assignments to tutor for comments, grading and marking a facility for undergoing the term-end exam