Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 6: IGNOU has signed a MoU with CSC e-Governance Services India Ltd, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India, with the objective of making online services of IGNOU accessible to the learners in rural/remote areas.
With this arrangement, all prospective/existing learners can access the IGNOU online services by making a nominal payment. The learners/prospective learners are required to pay only Rs 60 (in addition to Programme fee) for fresh admission, Rs 30 (in addition to RR fee) for re-registering for subsequent semester/year and Rs 30 (in addition to Examination fee) for submission of Term-End Examination form.
Applicants who do not have the facility of credit/debit card or net banking, can make the payment in cash to the CSC representative and the amount shall be paid online through the CSC wallet, which has been integrated with online admission system of IGNOU. The service charges are in addition to the fee payable to IGNOU.
“We have designated two officers of the rank of Assistant Regional Director to look after and monitor the activities related to CSC personally so that maximum number of students is able to avail the facility. The main thrust of the publicity would be in rural areas where existing as well as prospective students may not have access to internet. The officers would also work in liaison with the Heads of CSC in our Region and plan workshops for CSC representatives where they can be briefed about the admission process of IGNOU. The Learner Support Centres have been directed to make efforts to make wide publicity of this service in their respective areas. We believe that this arrangement shall be of great help to our rural learners,” said Regional Director, Dr Joginder Kumar Yadav.
In this context, a meeting was held with the State Head CSC, Jammu province, Ashwani, in the office of the Regional Director where a detailed discussion was held about the future course of action. A meeting with all the District Managers of Jammu province has been scheduled to be held on 14th of December, 2017.
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