IGNOU opens evaluation centre in Lucknow

The Vice-Chancellor of Indira Gandhi National Open University,Prof V N Rajasekharan Pillai,inaugurated the studio of GyanVani FM Radio Station.

The Vice-Chancellor of Indira Gandhi National Open University,Prof V N Rajasekharan Pillai,inaugurated the studio of GyanVani FM Radio Station and universitys North Zone Evaluation Centre building in Lucknow on Saturday.

The GyanVani FM 105.6 MHz channel was dedicated to nation in 2003 in New Delhi. A variety of programmes are being produced by GyanVani,Lucknow,for promotion of education through electronic media.

Pillai said: The new range of programmes will focus on music,culture,medicine,career guidance,educational opportunities in foreign universities etc. He said 90 per cent programmes will be in Hindi,the rest in English.

The IGNOU regional director,Amit Chaturvedi,said: The Evaluation Centre has been built as part of decentralisation of evaluation system. Answersheets of over 2 lakh students enrolled with IGNOUs North Zone would be evaluated here in Lucknow. Earlier,the answer sheets were being sent to Delhi for evaluation and it declaration of results was taking almost two months. Now as we have a building in Lucknow results of North Zone would be declared in shorter period, he said.

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