Srinagar, Sep 23: Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Regional Centre Srinagar, through its outreach programme for the public, conducted several face-to-face interaction and awareness sessions in the Ladakh region.
These sessions about IGNOU Student Support Services and programmes were conducted at the government degree colleges of Drass, Kargil and Eliezer Joldan Memorial (EJM) College Leh.
The sessions were conducted by Dr. Shahnawaz Ahmad Dar, Regional Director, IGNOU Regional Centre Srinagar and witnessed active participation from youth, students, faculty, civil society, defence personnel and elected representatives of the region.
The Regional Director, IGNOU, informed that the sessions were conducted keeping in view the challenges faced by the people of the Ladakh region due to geographical, communication and other challenges.
An official communication issued here Friday said that the last date of fresh admission for all the programmes offered in ODL/Online mode by IGNOU for the July 2022 session has been extended till September 30 2022 and for re-registration till September 25 2022.
As per the statement, learners can also take advantage of the IGNOU programmes, keeping in view the two notifications issued by the UGC, one regarding pursuing dual degrees, under which a candidate can pursue two degrees at a time and the other regarding the equivalence of degrees obtained through Open Distance Learning and Online mode with those obtained through conventional mode.
As per the official figures, more than thirty lakh learners around the world are presently pursuing education from IGNOU and around fifty thousand are registered through Regional Centre Srinagar in the Kashmir & Ladakh region.
