PROSPECTUS AND PROGRAMME GUIDE - IGNOU

5. STUDENT SUPPORT THROUGH STUDY CENTRES
To provide effective student support, IGNOU has set up a number of Study Centres all over the country. You will
be allotted one of these Study Centres taking into consideration your place of residence or work. However, each
Study Centre can handle only a limited number of students and despite our best efforts, it may not always be
possible to allot the Study Centre of your choice. The region-wise list of Study Centres is provided in Annexure-
II of this Programme Guide. The particulars regarding the Study Centre to which you are assigned will be
communicated to you.
Every Study Centre will have:
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A Coordinator who will coordinate different activities at the centre.
An Assistant Coordinator and other supporting staff appointed on a part-time basis.
Counsellors in different courses to provide counselling and guidance to you in the courses you have
chosen.
A Study Centre will have six major functions:
1) Counselling: Face-to-Face counselling for the courses will be provided at the Study Centres. Generally, as
stated earlier, there will be 10 counselling sessions for an 8 credit course and 5 sessions for a 4 credit
course. The detailed programme of the counselling sessions will be sent to you by the Coordinator of your
Study Centre.
2) Evaluation of Assignments: Tutor Marked Assignments (TMA) will be evaluated by the Counsellors
appointed for different courses at the Study Centre. These assignments will be returned to you with tutor
comments and marks you obtained. These comments will help you in your studies.
3) Library: For each course some of the books suggested under ‘Some Useful Books’ will be available in the
Study Centre Library. All audio and video tapes are also available in the library.
4) Information and Advice: At the Study Centre you get relevant information regarding the courses offered
by the University, counselling schedules, examination schedule, etc. You will also get guidance in choosing
your elective and application-oriented courses.
5) Audio-Video Facilities: The Centres are equipped with audio-video facilities to help you make use of
the audio and video cassettes prepared for different courses. Media notes of these audio-video
programmes will also be available at the Study Centre. This will help you to know the contents of each
programme.
6) Interaction with Fellow-Students: In the Study Centres you have an opportunity to interact with fellow
students.
6. EVALUATION SYSTEM FOR IGNOU COURSES
1. The Evaluation System for IGNOU courses (i.e., Part B Courses) consists of two components:
a) Continuous evaluation through assignments (Tutor Marked Assignments).
b) Term-End examinations.
In the final results, assignments carry 30% weightage, while 70% weightage is given for term-end
examinations.
2. All the assignments and term-end examinations will be scored as a numerical marking scheme.
3. To claim B.Com (F & CA) degree, you have to secure at least 35% marks in both continuous evaluation
(assignments) as well as term-end examination of each course. The scores of continuous evaluation and
term-end examination are not complementary to each. The above condition is mandatory for all IGNOU
courses of this B.Com (F & CA) programme.
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