How to Change the IGNOU Regional or Study Centre?

It was during the tenure of Rajiv Gandhi, in the year 1985 when IGNOU was established. The Indira Gandhi National Open University was established to provide quality education to the Indian Population through distance and open education. It is one of the largest universities in the world serving millions of Indians by providing a higher quality of education, irrespective of their section/segment in the society. IGNOU is currently operated by Central Government and by the Ministry of Human Resource and Development (HRD). Continue reading to know more.

What are Regional and Study Centres?

Regional Centre:

• It is the main source for the students to the university.
• It acts as the head of that region.
• It looks into the admission of students.
• It provides study materials, essentials and other necessaries for the students.
• It helps students with their queries regarding admission and other policies.
• IGNOU has a total of 67 regional Centres.

Study Centre:

• A Study Centre is used for classes, providing lab facilities, providing necessary components/equipment for that respective course.
• It conducts examinations for the students.
• The assignments, attendance are taken care of by the Study Centre.

How to Change Regional or Study Centre?

As discussed in the first paragraph, the main intention of establishing IGNOU is to provide quality education to interested people by means of “Distance Education”. It is very important to enroll in the Regional Centre and complete all the needed formalities. Later, it is the role of the Study Centre to conduct online/in-class lectures and practicals. It is evident that many people migrate/move from place to place for various reasons. So, to minimise/discard the gap between distance and education, IGNOU has done an excellent job by setting up many regional and Study Centres. Due to this, it becomes quite easy for students to continue the same course/subject even when they transfer to another place.

To Change Regional Centre-

IGNOU has many Regional Centres, at least one in each state. If a student wants to change his/her regional centre to any other centre, he/she can apply for the change of the Regional Centre. The request must be raised at the current regional centre from where he/she wants to get transferred to the desired regional centre. Furthermore, it is the responsibility of the student to carry their study certificate with respect to completed assignments from the current study centre to the changing one. The students must obtain a “No Objection Certificate (NOC)” from the concerned RC and SC where the student wants to transfer. The process of transfer will be done by RC after proper verification of the student's course details, details about the fee, assignment, marks, attendance and other important activities of the students which matter. If the procedure is followed in a synchronized manner, he/she is free to study at other centres.

To Change Study Centre-

As discussed earlier, each state has one RC and more than one SC. To further change the study centre, the student must fill the application form and submit it to IGNOU. The application form for the change of study centre can be found on the IGNOU official website or at the regional centre. The application form contains many details, which need to be filled in by the students. The form wishes to seek the details like,

1. Enrollment number
2. Date of change
3. Name of the student
4. Residential address of the student
5. The medium of the study
6. Program of the study
7. New study centre code
8. Signature with the date

The above application form can be filled on the IGNOU website or physically at the regional centre. Once the information is provided to IGNOU, it will do the background check on the students and RC and SC carry forward the necessary proceedings.