The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has released a notification regarding the Term End Examinations (TEE).
In a notice, IGNOU has stated that students of several Bachelor and Masters Degree programmes who were enrolled into the first year of the programme in July 2020 admission session and who were eligible to appear in the Term End Examination, June 2021 for the first time are exempted from appearing in the Term End Examination of the first year courses.
“Their marks/ grades in the Term-End Examination of the first year courses will be assigned based on the average marks/grades obtained by them in the term-end examination of the second year courses,” the IGNOU notification read.
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The IGNOU has further clarified that the examination for the second year courses of Bachelor Degree programmes registered in July 2020 admission session and for the BCA degree programme registered in January 2021 admission session for the 3rd and 4th semesters will be held in December 2021.
Other programmes, except the programmes mentioned above, are not covered under the exemption scheme of this notification as the term-end examination for first year/ first semester for such programmes have already been conducted in the term-end examination, June 2021
“This exemption is not applicable to any other component such as practical examinations, assignments, project reports, dissertations, internship, field work journal (practicum) etc,” the notification read.
Similarly, the examination fees already paid by the students for the Term End Examination, June 2021 for the exempted courses will be adjusted against the examination fee payable for the second year courses. The students, who do not want exemption, may appear the Term End Examination of the first year courses in the Term End Examination, December 2021 or afterwards till the expiry of the maximum duration of the programme, subject to the fulfilment of other eligibility conditions.
“The results/marks/grades in the Term End Examination of the first year courses, covered under the exemption scheme mentioned above, will be updated by the University only after the completion of the Term-End Examination of all courses of second year. The exemption scheme is applicable for all the courses of first year on account of Covid-19. No partial exemption is applicable,” the notification added.