“Accredited institution” means a University established by an Act of Parliament or by an Act of State Legislature; or an institution “deemed to be a university”; or an “institution of national importance”; or institutions recognised by statutory bodies like AICTE, ICMR, ICAR, etc. “School” means the Schools of Studies of IGNOU. “Exemption” means exemption from “course work / counselling / submission of assignments only” i.e., if a. student is allowed “exemption” in a particular course, s/he is not required to do the assignments of course / courses as other students do but s/he will have to sit for a term end examination(s) in such course(s) and clear it/them successfully; in such cases weightage for Term-end Examination will be 100 %. IGNOU “programmes” and “courses” mean “courses” and “subjects” or “papers” respectively of conventional universities. |
Normally exemption will be applicable only from a diploma to an equivalent diploma, a degree to an equivalent degree and a post graduate degree to an equivalent post graduate degree. Exemption will be permissible only in the case of students coming from accredited institutions. Exemption will be granted only on the basis of individual courses and not on the basis of year to year courses as in conventional institutions. Students exempted from studying the courses may take the examination of the exempted courses during any of the two Term-end Examinations. Exemption up to two courses is allowed in each of DIM, PGDIM, PG Specialisation Diplomas and Integrative Courses, except the Project Course (MS-100).
Exemption in IGNOU is provided for course work and assignments only. For all courses that you get an exemption, you would still have to appear in the term end examination. The weightage of the term end examination will be 100%. Students cannot register for more than four courses inclusive of exempted courses, in a semester. For registration purposes the course MS-100 is counted as one course only. Students seeking Course Exemption should apply individually to the Registrar (SR & E), IGNOU, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-110068, enclosing a Demand Draft for Rs. 100/-per Course drawn in the name of IGNOU and payable at New Delhi, attested copies of Marks Sheet and attested copies of syllabus of such courses, covered by them. Such cases will be examined separately by the Equivalence Committee at the headquarters of the University. The process will take a minimum period of three months from the date of receipt of such requests, with all the relevant documents, by the above concerned officer. |
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