Port Blair, June 12: The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU|) offers wide verities of academic programmes ranging from six months ‘Certificate’ course to Ph.D., Research degree. At present, the IGNOU is offering 239 academic, professional, vocational, awareness generating and skill-oriented programmes at the level of Certificate, Diploma, Bachelor’s Degree (UG), Master’s Degree (PG) and Doctoral degree through its 21 Schools of Studies. 

In Andaman & Nicobar Islands, due to limitation of academic infrastructure namely, resource persons for teaching activity, laboratories for doing practicals / internships etc., the Regional Centre Port Blair is able to offer 75 programmes only.  As there is a constant enquiry about the details of B.Ed., programme, the Regional Centre has taken the print -out of Prospectus of B. Ed programme (from www.ignou.ac.in) and kept at its library for reference purposes only (not-for-sale). 

All the interest applicants / working school teachers/ students may visit RC to know the eligibility conditions, course duration / contents, selection process through entrance test, details of subject papers etc. For the first time, through last entrance test, one school teacher from Diglipur got seat in B.Ed of IGNOU- Regional Center-Madurai (Tamil Nadu). The study centre for B.Ed. is not available at Andaman & Nicobar Islands. 

For B.Ed Entrance exam, visit at IGNOU website: www.ignou.ac.in or contact the Director, School of Education, IGNOU, Maidan Garhi New Delhi-110068 (Ph. No. 011-29572945, email id: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)