The Certificate in Food and Nutrition (CFN) at IGNOU is a 6 month certificate course in Open Distance Learning mode. This course is designed to provide knowledge to its students on food selection and preparation, nutrition from infancy to old age, economics of food, kitchen gardening, food adulteration, consumer rights, safety and education, and more.

The eligibility criteria for this course is that the candidates must be a minimum of 18 years old. There is no such formal qualification needed for this course. The fee structure of this course is Rs 1,900/- for the full program and the registration fee for this course is Rs.300/-

Aspirants who want to join the Certificate course in Food and Nutrition (CFN) at IGNOU can get admission by submitting the admission form along with the registration fee and program fee.

The Diploma Programme in Early Childhood Care and Education at IGNOU is a 1 year program. It is a very suitable program with no age bar. It is a holistic program that trains the students and helps them develop the knowledge, attitude and skills necessary for working with young children who are up to 6 years of age. Through this course, you will be trained to organize and manage child-care centers like crèches, preschools, nursery schools, kindergartens, and day-care centers.

Students who are above 18 years old are eligible for the early childhood course at IGNOU. The minimum educational qualification for this course is 10+2 or its equivalent. After fulfilling the eligibility criteria you can fill out the application form and submit it along with the required documents. The required documents for this course are proof of high school completion certificate, a criminal background check, and a certain GPA. There are 4 sections of the Diploma in Early Childhood Care and Education (DECE) course in IGNOU given below:

• DECE-1 Organizing Child Care Services
•  DECE-2 Child Health and Nutrition
•  DECE-3 Services and Programmer for Children
•  DECE-4 Project Work: Working With Young Children in a Child Care Setting

The admission process to Diploma in Childhood Care and Education at IGNOU does not require any entrance examination. 

To enrol in a certificate course at IGNOU, you simply need to go to their official website @https://ignouadmission.samarth.edu.in./ and submit the online application form.

The lab classes for MSc at IGNOU, like the General Physics lab, and Electronic lab sessions are conducted in the respective study centres or Learner Support Centres (LSCs). 

The schedule is prepared by the study centres, so I will suggest you to contact the regional centre for details.

There are two term-end examinations in IGNOU, one happens in June and the other one in December. For the June session, practicals are conducted in July, and for the December session, practicals are conducted in January.

IGNOU re-registration is required to allow students to continue taking classes for the upcoming semester or academic year. This applies to both Indian and international students enrolled in IGNOU.

For re-registration, one needs to go to the official website @https://onlinerr.ignou.ac.in/, fill up the form and make the online payment. 

IGNOU July 2024 session re-registration will be done from May 1 - June 30, 2024.

International students must visit the site https://ignouiop.samarth.edu.in for online programmes for IGNOU admission. Before starting the fill out the online application form at IGNOU, you must have the following documents:

• Student’s Scanned Photograph (less than 100 KB)
• Student’s Scanned Signature (less than 100 KB)
• Student’s Scanned copy of relevant Educational Qualification (less than 200 KB)
• Student’s Passport/Visa/Study Visa
• Student’s Citizenship Card/Proof of Nationality
• Student’s Proof of residence in India (if Applicable)
• Student’s OCI/PIO/UNHCR Refugee Card
• After filling out the form students must pay the required application fee through a Credit Card (Master/Visa), Debit Card (Master/Visa).
• After uploading all the scanned documents you must click the next button.
• After that, you will get the Form preview option
• You must Save/Print your application form for future reference.

Students who want to be admitted to the M.Sc program at IGNOU must fulfil the eligibility criteria. Students must be science graduates with 50% marks. Students can join the M.Sc program in both Hindi and English language.

Students who are willing to be admitted to the B.Sc course must visit the official site of the IGNOU at @ignouadmission.samarth.edu.in. Before applying for the B.SC course you must meet the minimum eligibility criteria that is students must pass class 12th successfully with at least 50% marks with science stream from a recognized board.

If you have done D.El.Ed from NIOS, you can apply for the IGNOU B.Ed entrance exam. Because D.El.Ed from National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) is validated by The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE).