IGNOU July 2020 Session: Provisional admission to students to be allowed amid COVID-19 pandemic

Candidates can apply online for the provisional admission at IGNOU for the July 2020 session without producing their mark-sheets or results during the time of admission.

IGNOU July Session 2020: The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is all set to allow students to apply for ‘provisional admission’ to undergraduate, postgraduate, diploma and certificate programmes at the university. According to the official reports, candidates can apply online for the provisional admission at IGNOU for the July 2020 session without producing their mark-sheets or results. The official statement released by the University reads,“Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the examination process of all the educational institutions in the country has been affected and the declaration of result has been delayed. As a result of this, students aspiring to join higher education are not able to produce the results of their qualifying examinations.” It further added, “In order to provide relief to such aspiring students in keeping with the guidelines issued by the University Grants Commission, IGNOU shall grant Provisional Admission.”

In order to apply online for the provisional admission at IGNOU for the July 2020 session, students are required to provide the necessary documents and mark-sheets in support of their applications. Students are advised to go through the eligibility criteria of the programmes before applying. To be considered eligible for programmes for which the minimum educational qualification is an undergraduate degree, the students are required to qualify the second-year or fifth-semester of the programme and submit their marks sheets. 10+2 appeared students whose results are awaited can also apply online for the IGNOU’s provisional admission.

However, all the applicants who will be admitted to the university for the July 2020 session through the process of provisional admission will be required to submit their documents including pass certificates and results of the qualifying examination by December 31, 2020. Candidates who fail to submit the required documents within the stipulated date, IGNOU will cancel their admission and fee received as part of the programme will be refunded.

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