Department of Personnel and Training and Indira Gandhi National Open
University have come together and signed a MoU for offering Distance & E-
Learning Programmes to Central Government employees. The Central Government
employees can now enrol for a wide spectrum of Distance & E-Learning
Programmes offered by IGNOU and get their fees reimbursed on successfully
completing the programmes.
Eligibility:
(i) The Programme is open to Central Employees (working in
Ministries/Departments/Attached offices) and the faculty members of State
Apex Training Institutions. The officers working under Public Sector
Undertakings are not eligible for the Programmes covered under this
Programme.
(ii) The specific conditions of eligibility of employees (including level of
employee and Ministries covered) for each module/course will be decided for
each course/module and notified from time to time by DoPT
Types of Courses Offered under the Programme
The following category of courses are open for enrolment under this
programme:-
(i) Short-Duration Specialised modules:-
The specialised Modules are basically oriented to cater to the requirement
of
Government employees in a specific domain.
(ii) Certificate Programmes:
(iii) Masters, PG and PG Diploma Programmes.
Notification of Courses/Programmes:-
The menu of courses/programmes on offer shall be reviewed annually by the
Committee headed by the Joint Secretary, Training, Department of Personnel
and Training with the members drawn from different Ministries
Besides recommending the programmes to be offered under this Programme, the
Committee shall also make recommendations on the eligibility of the
employees of different Ministries for the select courses.
Course review committee for upgrading the course material:-
(i) For certain Ministry specific courses, respective Nodal Ministry will be
represented in the Course review Committee of IGNOU. The committee may also
co-opt the following:-
(a) Representative of the nodal Ministry
(c) Director in charge distance learning in DoPT
The Course Review Committee may meet from time to time to review the course
content based on the general feedback and make such recommendations as
deemed necessary.
Admission Procedure
(i) The employees concerned have to apply directly in response to the
admission notification of IGNOU subject to availability of funds.
(ii) The number of seats for Employees in each programme shall be limited to
50 and these will be offered on a first come first served basis.
Payment and Reimbursement of Fees
(i) The employees enrolling for the courses under this Programme will pay
the required course fees to IGNOU. The amount so paid shall be re-imbursed
to the employee on his/her successful completion of the course by IGNOU.
(ii) Employees failing to complete the course in the time limits and / or
with the minimum qualifying grades prescribed by IGNOU shall not be eligible
for any reimbursement.
(iii) Reimbursement for the Masters programme is available to an employee
only once in his/her career.
(iv) The participants are eligible to enrol for only one programme at a time
under this Programme.
v) An officer is eligible to claim reimbursement/refund for successful
completion of maximum of ten (10) numbers of Units in a block of five (5)
years. The equivalent units for each course/programme are listed in the
Table below:
Sl.No. | Category | Category/ Type of Course/Programme | Equivalent Units | Maximum Units permissible in a Block of 5 Years |
| 1 | A | • Certificate/ • Advance Certificate • PG Certificate | 2 Unit | 10 Units( with different combinations of A,B,C and D) |
| 2 | B | • Masters | 8 Units | |
| 3 | C | • PG Diploma • Advance Diploma • Diploma | 4 Units | |
| 4 | D | • Select/Specialised Module | 1 Unit |
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