ASSIGNMENT

For
POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

MEV-001: INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Programme: PGDEOH
Course Code: MEV-001/2019-2020

Dear Learners,

You are required to do one assignment for each Course Courses 1-5, Course 6 being a
project paper and any two elective courses out of four) of the PG Diploma in
Environmental and Occupational Health program. Each assignment is a Tutor Marked
Assignment (TMA) and carries 100 marks. Each assignment covers the entire course.

Aims: This TMA is concerned mainly with assessing your application and understanding
of the course material. You are not required to reproduce chunks of information from the
course material but to apply the information you have acquired during the course of
study. This assignment aims to teach as well as to assess your performance. Please ensure
that you read all the units of the course. Do make points as you go along. If there is
anything you do not understand, please ask the Counselors at your Study Centre for
clarification. Once you are able to do the assignment satisfactorily, you will be ready to
take the Term-end exam with confidence.

Instructions: Before attempting the assignment, please read the following instructions
carefully.

1. Read the detailed instructions about the assignment given in the Programme
Guide.
2. Write your Enrolment Number, Name, Full Address and Date on the top right
corner of the first page of your response sheet(s).
3. Write the Course Title, Assignment Number and the Name of the Study Centre
you are attached to, in the centre of the first page of your response sheet(s).

The top of the first page of your response sheet should look like this:
ENROLMENT NO………………………………
NAME…………………………………………….
ADDRESS………………………………………...
COURSE TITLE:……………………….
ASSIGNMENT NO:…………………….
STUDY CENTRE:………………………DATE: ………………………………………
MEV-001: INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT

Course Code : MEV-001

Course Title : Introduction to Environmental Health
Assignment Code : MEV-001/TMA-01/2019-2020
Coverage : All Blocks
Maximum Marks 100

Attempt ANY FIVE questions. All questions carry equal marks. 5X20=100

1. What are the human dimensions of global environmental changes and

explain about environmental sustainability?

2. What are the major functions of ecosystem?

3. What is meant by atmospheric effect and the reactions that occur in the
atmosphere?

4. Explain various types of air pollutants, their sources and effects?

5. How the agriculture, industrial, urban and nuclear waste can contribute to
the soil pollution?

6. What is E-waste and what are the effects of E-waste pollution?

7. Explain environmental water monitoring system with suitable examples.

 MEV-002: Environmental and Occupational Hazards
TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT

Course Code : MEV-002

Course Title : Environmental and Occupational Hazards
Assignment Code : MEV-002/TMA-01/2019-2020
Coverage : All Blocks
Maximum Marks 100

Attempt ANY FIVE questions. All questions carry equal marks. 5X20=100

1. Differentiate hazard and disaster. Write a detailed account on disaster and

economic impacts.

2. Describe the nature, extent and causes of volcanism.

3. What are landslides? Describe the causes of landslides.

4. Classify the various types of physical hazards with suitable examples.

5. Explain the various chemical and ergonomic hazards faced in hospital and
health sectors.

6. Describe the psychological and other health hazards faced by employees in

the corporate and office sectors.

7. Give a detailed account on the control of biological hazards.

8. What is hazard assessment? What are the steps involved in hazard

assessment? Illustrate the application of GIS and Remote Sensing in disaster
management?
 MEV-003: Environmental Law and Management
TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT

Course Code : MEV-003

Course Title : Environmental Law and Management
Assignment Code : MEV-003/TMA-01/2019-2020
Coverage : All Blocks
Maximum Marks 100

Attempt all questions. All questions carry equal marks. 5 X 20=100

1. What are the implication of Stockholm conference, Rio conference and Johannesburg
treaty?

2. Explain the following

(a) National Programme for prevention and control of fluorosis.

(b) National wetland conservation.

3. Discus about the constitutional provisions related to environment

4. (a) Describe various laws related to food industry

(b) Describe food security and explain adverse effect of green revolution.

5. Describe a brief history of movements for conservation of natural environment.

6. Explain the following

(a) Environmental Design

(b) Green Building
(c) Green Infrastructure
(d) Green Landscaping

7. (a) Define environmental management and describe its principles.

(b) Environmental audit, its protocol and importance.
 MEV-004: Environmental Toxicology
TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT

Course Code : MEV-004

Course Title : Environmental Toxicology
Assignment Code : MEV-004/TMA-01/2019-2020
Coverage : All Blocks
Maximum Marks 100

Attempt ANY FIVE questions. All questions carry equal marks. 5X20=100

1. Define environmental toxicology. Describe the man-made sources of

toxicants in detail.

2. Describe the various exposure routes of toxicants in the human body. Explain
the distribution and storage of toxins in the human body.

3. What are chemical toxicants? Describe in detail the exposure classes with
reference to air, water and soil pollutants.

4. Explain detoxination and excretion with suitable examples.

5. Define carcinogens. Describe the different classes of carcinogens.

6. Explain the various sources of teratogens and their effects. Describe the
process of teratogenesis and the mechanism of action.

7. Explain the use of biomarkers and biosensors in cytotoxicity and

genotoxicity prevention.
MEV-005: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY
TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT

Course Code : MEV-005

Course Title : Introduction to Environmental Health
Assignment Code : MEV-005/TMA-01/2019-2020
Coverage : All Blocks
Maximum Marks 100

Attempt ANY FIVE questions. All questions carry equal marks. 5X20=100

1. Define health, describe the impact of environmental hazards on human health

2. Explain the concept of occupational health. Discuss the burden of emerging
occupational health disease of public health importance.
3. Define accidents. List and explain the preventive measures for accidents and
industrial hazards. Describe the steps of cardio pulmonary resuscitation.
4. Describe the hazards and risks among women workers.
5. Define Ergonomics. List the common rule of Ergonomics. Describe the work
related to upper limb disorder.
6. Write short notes on:
a. Steps in recording and notification of occupational diseases
b. Purposes of occupational health records
c. Conflict of interest with respect to reporting occupational diseases
7. Define Epidemiology. Discuss the purposes and uses of descriptive
Epidemiology.
8. Differentiate between case control and Cohort Study with suitable example.
MEVE-002: HEALTH CARE
TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT

Course Code : MEVE-002

Course Title : Introduction to Environmental Health
Assignment Code : MEVE-002/TMA-01/2019-2020
Coverage : All Blocks
Maximum Marks 100

Attempt ANY FIVE questions. All questions carry equal marks. 5X20=100

1. Write a note on air borne infections in the health care settings

2. Explain Post Exposure Prophylaxi in HIV, Hepatitis B and Tetanus
3. Discuss hazard elimination and reduction
4. Describe the common physical hazards in health care settings and risks associated
with them.
5. Explain the major categories of controls
6. Give an overview of the violence at work place, its preventive strategies and
management
7. Describe any one Act related to the occupational safety and health
8. Define Bio-Medical Waste, describe the various methods of managing the Bio-
Medical Waste as per BMWM Rules, 2016 as amended.
 MEVE-004: Industrial Sector
TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT

Course Code : MEVE-004

Course Title : Industrial Sector
Assignment Code : MEVE-004/TMA-01/2019-2020
Coverage : All Blocks
Maximum Marks 100

Attempt ANY FIVE questions. All questions carry equal marks. 5X20=100

1. Describe the sources and types of pollutants in the textile industry. Explain
the environmental and occupational hazards associated with the textile
industry.

2. Describe the sources of pollutants from the tanning industry. Discuss the
occupational hazards faced in the tanning industry.

3. Describe the wastes generated by the automobile and paint industry. How can
these wastes be managed?

4. Discuss the types of wastes generated by the construction industry, paper and
pulp industry and petroleum industry. Explain their effects on health and
environment.

5. Write an account of causes of accidents in the industrial sector. Write an

account on accident reporting system.

6. Describe the need for safety standards and codes in an industrial sector. Give
a detailed account of three case studies of chemical disasters in industries.

7. Describe in detail about industrial safety legislations.

Post Graduate Diploma in Environmental and
Occupational Health (PGDEOH)

School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-disciplinary Studies

Indira Gandhi National Open University
Maidan Garhi, New Delhi- 110068 (India)
Courses Course Credits Course Title Block Name
Code
Course-1 MEV-001 4 Introduction to Block 1: Environment and Ecology
(Compulsory) Environmental Health Block 2: Air, Water and Soil Pollution
Block 3: Noise, Radiation, Solid waste,
Electronic waste Pollution
Block 4: Environmental Health
Monitoring
Course-2 MEV-002 4 Environmental and Block 1: Natural Hazards
(Compulsory) Occupational Block 2: Environmental Hazards Hazards
Block 3: Occupational Hazards
Block 4: Management of Natural Hazards
Environmental Hazards, and
Occupational Hazards
Course-3 MEV-003 4 Environmental Law Block 1: Environmental Acts, Laws
(Compulsory) and Management and Policies
Block 2: Awareness, Responsibility
and Compliance
Block 3: Environmental Management
Techniques
Block 4: Environmental Standards
Course-4 MEV-004 4 Environmental Block 1: Introduction to Toxicology
(Compulsory) Toxicology Block 2: Eco-toxicology
Block 3: Environmental Toxicity
Risk Assessment
Block 4: Environmental Cytotoxicity
and Genotoxicity
Course-5 MEV-005 4 Occupational Health Block 1: Basics of Health
(Compulsory) and Safety Block 2: Emergency, Disaster
Preparedness and
management in industrial
setting
Block 3: Occupational Safety &
Management
Block 4: Recording and Notification
Block 5: Research Methodology
Course-6 MEVP-001 4 Project 1. Project Guidelines
(Compulsory) 2. Submission of Synopsis
3. Submission of Project
Course-7 MEVE-001 4 Environmental Impact Block 1: Introduction to Environmental
(Elective) Assessment for Impact Assessment
Environmental Health Block 2: Air, water quality and Socio-
economic impact analysis
Block 3: Noise, Energy, and Vegetation
Impact Analysis
Block 4: Framework of Environmental
Assessment
Course-8 MEVE-002 4 Health Care Block 1: Biological Hazards
(Elective) Block 2: Chemical and Allergic Hazards
Block 3: Physical Hazards
Block 4: Psychosocial Hazards
Block 5: Awareness and Responsibility

Course-9 MEVE-003 4 Agriculture and Block 1: Agricultural Pollution

(Elective) Allied Sector Block 2: Livestock and Aquaculture
Pollution
Block 3: Sustainable Agricultural
Management
Block 4: Challenges to Agricultural
Environment Health

Course-10 MEVE-004 4 Industrial Sector Block 1: Industrial Pollution: Textile,

(Elective) Mining, Pesticide and Tanning
industries
Block 2: Industrial Pollution: Automobile,
Paint, Pharmaceutical, Personal
care products, construction and
Other Industries
Block 3: Industrial Risk Assessment and
Safety Acts
Block 4: Industrial Safety Management

2.1 Course Contents

The structure of each of the above courses is given below.

MEV-001: INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Block 1 Environment and Ecology

Unit 1 Introduction to Natural Environment

Unit 2 Ecosystem

Unit 3 Energy Resources & Conservation

Unit 4 Global Environmental Issues

Block 2 Air, Water and Soil Pollution

Unit 1 Environmental Chemistry and Pollution

Unit 2 Air pollution

Unit 3 Water pollution

Unit 4 Soil pollution

Block 3 Noise, Radiation, Solid waste, Electronic waste Pollution

Unit 1 Noise pollution

Unit 2 Radiation and pollution

Unit 3 Solid waste pollution

Unit 4 Electronic waste

Block 4 Environmental Health Monitoring

Unit 1 Environmental Quality Assessment and Monitoring

Unit 2 Water Quality Assessment and Monitoring

Unit 3 Air Quality Assessment and Monitoring

Unit 4 Soil Quality and Noise Assessment and Monitoring

MEV-002: ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS

Block 1 Natural Hazards

Unit 1 Introduction to Natural Hazards and Disaster

Unit 2 Earthquake adds and Volcanoes

Unit 3 Floods and Landslides

Unit 4 Weather related/ Coastal hazards

Block 2 Environmental Hazards

Unit l Physical Hazards

Unit 2 Chemical Hazards

Unit 3 Biological Hazards

Block 3 Occupational Hazards

Unit 1 Mining and Construction Hazards

Unit 2 Agriculture and allied sector

Unit 3 Hospital and Health centre Hazards

Unit 4 Corporate and Office Hazards

Block 4 Management of Natural Hazards, Environmental Hazards and Occupational Hazards

Unit 1 Basic Disaster Management and Institutional Framework

Unit 2 Natural Disaster Management

Unit 3 Mitigation of Physical Hazards and Chemical Hazards

Unit 4 Mitigation of Biological Hazards

MEV-003: ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND MANAGEMENT

Block 1 Environmental Acts, Laws and Policies

Unit 1 International Environmental Policies, Agreements and Treaties

Unit 2 National Environmental Legislation and Programmes-I

Unit 3 National Environmental Legislation and Programmes-II

Unit 4 National Environmental Legislation and Programmes-III

Block 2 Awareness, Responsibility and Compliance

Unit 1 Social and civil society movements in India

Unit 2 Environmental ethics

Unit 3 Biosafety

Unit 4 Corporate sector and environment

Block 3 Environmental Management Techniques

Unit 1 Introduction to Environmental management

Unit 2 Environmental auditing

Unit 3 Management of Air and Water: Treatment technologies

Unit 4 Treatment of Solid Waste

Block 4 Environmental Standards

Unit 1 Environmental design

Unit 2 Environmental Management System Standards

Unit 3 EMS standards ISO 14000

Unit 4 Environmental Labeling

MEV-004: ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY

Block 1 Introduction to Toxicology

Unit 1 Introduction to Toxicants

Unit 2 Chemical Toxicants

Unit 3 Biological Toxicants

Unit 4 Toxicity Assessment

Block 2 Eco-toxicology

Unit 1 Basics of Eco-toxicology

Unit 2 Toxic Biotransformations

Unit 3 Effects of toxicity

Unit 4 Detoxification

Block 3 Environmental Toxicity Risk Assessment

Unit 1 Acceptable Limits of Toxicants

Unit 2 Toxicity risk assessment planning

Unit 3 Toxicity remediation

Block 4 Environmental Cytotoxicity and Genotoxicity

Unit 1 Carcinogenicity

Unit 2 Mutagenecity

Unit 3 Teratogenecity

Unit 4 Cytotoxicity and Genotoxicity Prevention

MEV-005: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY

Block 1 Basic of Health

Unit 1 Concepts of Human Health and Well Being

Unit 2 Environment and its Impact on Health

Unit 3 Overview of Occupational Health

Unit 4 Burden of Disease and Plan of Action for Environmental and Occupational Health
Block 2 Emergency, Disaster Preparedness and Management Industrial setting

Unit 1 Hazard-Risk Mitigation and Emergency Response

Unit 2 Industrial-Accidental Injuries Prevention

Unit 3 Accidental Injuries Response and Management

Unit 4 Trauma Care and Burn Response

Unit 5 Business Continuity Planning for Employee Health in Case of Natural, Industrial or
Health disasters

Block 3 Occupational Safety & Management

Unit 1 Duties and responsibility of individuals and employee participation in safety

Unit 2 Prevention and Management of occupational hazards and diseases

Unit 3 Occupational safety in other occupations

Unit 4 Occupational health for women and children

Unit 5 Ergonomics

Unit 6 Stress at workplace

Block 4 Recording and Notification

Unit 1 Concept of National system for recording and notification of occupational diseases
(NSRNOD)

Unit 2 Purpose and types of records

Unit 3 Ethical and legal issues of reporting infectious diseases

Block 5 Research Methodology

Unit 1 Principles of epidemiology in Occupational Health

Unit 2 Study Methods

Unit 3 Analysis, interpretation and reporting of data

MEVP-001: Project

Project GuidelinesSubmission of SynopsisSubmission of Project

MEVE-001: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
HEALTH

Block 1 Introduction to Environmental Impact Assessment

Unit l Basic concepts of EIA

Unit 2 Environmental Appraisal

Unit 3 Measurement of EIA

Unit 4 Comprehensive Environmental Impact Studies

Block 2 Air, water quality and Socio-economic impact analysis

Unit 1 Air Quality Impact Analysis

Unit 2 Water Quality Impact Analysis

Unit 3 Socio-economic Impact Analysis

Block 3 Noise, Energy, and Vegetation Impact Analysis

Unit 1 Noise Impact Analysis

Unit 2 Energy Impact Analysis

Unit 3 Vegetation and Wildlife Impact Analysis

Unit 4 Case Studies

Block 4 Framework of Environmental Assessment

Unit 1 Environmental siting

Unit 2 Impact Assessment Methodologies

Unit 3 Life Cycle Assessment

Unit 4 Regulations in India

MEVE-002: HEALTH CARE

Block 1 Biological Hazards

Unit 1 Overview of infectious hazards in health care settings

Unit 2 Prevention of infections in health care settings

Unit 3 Management of infections in health care settings

Block 2 Chemical and Allergic Hazards

Unit 1 Hazards

Unit 2 Prevention

Unit 3 Management

Block 3 Physical Hazards

Unit 1 Hazards

Unit 2 Prevention

Unit 3 Management

Block 4 Psychosocial Hazards

Unit 1 Overview of psychosocial hazards in health care settings

Unit 2 Prevention of psychosocial hazards in health care settings

Unit 3 Management of psychosocial hazards in health care settings

Block 5 Awareness and Responsibility

Unit 1 Patient and worker safety in health care

Unit 2 Communication, Health Education and Counselling

Unit 3 Legal Provisions, Professional and Ethical Responsibilities

Unit 4 Biomedical Waste Management 

MEVE-003: AGRICULTURE AND ALLIED SECTOR

Block 1 Agricultural Pollution

Unit 1 Pesticides

Unit 2 Fertilizers

Unit 3 Land practices and pollution

Unit 4 Invasive species

Block 2 Livestock and Aquaculture Pollution

Unit 1 Livestock and pollution

Unit 2 Aquaculture and pollution

Unit 3 Livestock and aquaculture management practices

Block 3 Sustainable Agricultural Management

Unit 1 Biological Pest Control

Unit 2 Botanicals in agricultural management

Unit 3 Biofertilizers and Manures

Unit 4 Conservation Agriculture

Unit 5 Organic farming for Environmental Health

Block 4 Challenges to Agricultural Environment Health

Unit 1 Traceability in agriculture and food supply chain

Unit 2 Food Borne Diseases

Unit 3 Disease Transmission between human and animals

Unit 4 Food Losses and Waste

Unit 5 Genetically Modified Organisms

MEVE-004: INDUSTRIAL SECTOR

Block 1 Industrial Pollution: Textile, Mining, Pesticide and Tanning Industries

Unit 1 Textile industry

Unit 2 Mining industry

Unit 3 Pesticide industry

Unit 4 Tanning industry

Block 2 Industrial Pollution: Automobile, Pharmaceutical, Personal care products,

construction and other Industries

Unit 1 Automobile industry and Paint industry

Unit 2 Pharmaceutical and Personal Care products industry

Unit 3 Others Industries

Block 3 Industrial Risk Assessment and Safety Acts

Unit 1 Industrial Risk Assessment and Hazard Identification

Unit 2 Industrial Safety Legislations

Unit 3 Industrial Standards

 Block 4 Industrial Safety Management

Unit 1 Industrial Safety

Unit 2 Safety Management

Unit 3 Industrial Safety Organization

Unit 4 Industrial Safety Awareness & Training

MEVP-001: PROJECT Project handbook

3.3 Assignments
Assignments are an integral and compulsory component of the instructional system. There is one
tutor-marked assignment for each theory course. Students will have to work on these assignments.
Each student should submit the assignment responses to the Coordinator/ Programme In-charge of
the Study Centre in accordance with the given assignments’ submission schedule.
download the assignments from IGNOU website (www.ignou.ac.in) at student’s zone or at
SOITS webpage.

3.7 Project Work

The hand book on Project Work provides self-orientation and self-training to the students for doing
the project work. All the project proposals are to be submitted to the School directly at the
following address
Programme Coordinator (PGDEOH)
School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-disciplinary Studies
EMPC Terrace
Indira Gandhi National Open University
Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-110068

The completed project report is to be submitted to the Student Evaluation Division.

Please see the ‘MEVP -001 Project Handbook’ for guidelines to prepare and submit the project
proposal as well as project report.
 Whom to Contact for What?
• For identity card, fee receipt, change of address, bonafide certificates, migration certificate,
scholarship forms, non-receipt of study material and assignments contact the concerned
Regional Centre.
• For assignments, you can obtain it from the concerned Study Centre or the Regional Centre.
Or, you can download the same from IGNOU website: www.ignou.ac.in Or, send an e-mail
to the school <[email protected]>.
• For non-reflection of assignment grades/marks in your grade card, contact the Regional
Director of the concerned Regional Centre and Asstt. Registrar (Assignments), Student
Evaluation Division (SED), Block-3, Room No. 12, IGNOU, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-
110068. (E-mail: assignments @ignou.ac.in; Phone: 29535924 / Extn.1312, 1319, 1325) Or,
send an e-mail to the school <[email protected]>.
• For queries relating to examinations, date-sheets, result, early declaration of results,
transcripts, rechecking, grade card, provisional certificate you can contact Dy. Registrar
(Examination-III), SED, Block-12, Room No. 1, IGNOU, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi- 110068
(Phone: 29536103, 29535924-32/Extn. 2201, 2211, 1316) Or, send an e-mail to the school
<[email protected]>.
• For Original Degree/Diploma/Verification of Degree/Diploma, Convocation, contact the DR
(Exam-I) SED, IGNOU, Block-9, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-110068. (Phone: 29532294,
29535924/Extn.1313).
• For student grievances (SED) contact the Asstt. Registrar (Student Grievances), SED, Block-
3, Room No.13, IGNOU, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-110068 (E-mail:
[email protected]; Phone: 29532234, 29535924/ Extn. 1313).
• For purchase of Audio/Video Tapes contact the Marketing Unit, EMPC, IGNOU, Maidan
Garhi, New Delhi-110068.
• For the schedules of counselling, feedback on assignment responses contact the
Coordinator/Programme In-charge of the concerned Programme Study Centre.

For project work related information and for information on academic matters contact the
Programme Coordinator (PGDEOH), School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-disciplinary Studies,
Indira Gandhi National Open University, IGNOU, Block-1, Room No. 22, Maidan Garhi, New
Delhi-110068. Phone: 011-29571122 Email: [email protected]

5.0 EVALUATION
Theory Courses: For theory courses, evaluation comprises three aspects:
a) Self-evaluation check your progress exercises (non-credit) within each unit of study material.
b) Continuous evaluation in the form of compulsory one assignment for each course with a weightage
of 30%.
c) Term-End Examination for each course with a weightage of 70%.
In order to successfully complete a theory course, the student must obtain at least ‘50%’ in the
assignment and ‘50%’ in the Term-End Examination (TEE) separately in each course.

Project Work: The evaluation report of Project Work will carry 70% weightage for report and 30%
on viva. In order to successfully complete the project work, the student must obtain at least ‘50%’.

The grading system depending on the percentage of marks secured by the candidates in TEE and
evaluation report for Project Work will be as follows.

Letter Qualitative Grade Average Grade Percentage

Grade Level Points Point Range Equivalent

A Excellent 5 4.50 & above 80% and above

B Very Good 4 3.50 to 4.49 60% to 79.9%
C Good 3 2.50 to 3.49 50% to 59.9%
D Satisfactory 2 1.50 to 2.49 40% to 49.9%
E Unsatisfactory 1 1.49 & below Below 40%

6.0 ASSIGNMENTS
The purpose to work on the assignments is to provide you an opportunity of articulating your assimilated
knowledge and understanding into written form and also to test your capacity of transferring the
theoretical learning from the courses to practical situations. Thus, the assignments practically enhance
your understanding as well as skills of articulation and expression in writing. There is one assignment
for each theory course. The answers to assignment questions are to be based on your own judgement
and experiences as a student. You should not reproduce the text materials or copy the information
from other sources. However, you may use the course material and any other sources of information
you have for ready reference. But, the answer should be in your own words and should reflect your
own ideas. Please note that your assignment responses carry 30% weightage towards the final
evaluation of each theory course. If you do not complete the assignments according to time schedule
of assignments of the relevant academic session, then you have to attempt the assignment questions of
the next session and submit the assignment responses according to the schedule of that session. You
have to send the assignment-responses to the Study Centre you are attached to as per schedule. The
instructions given in the assignments should be kept in mind while you prepare and submit the
assignment responses.

7.0 TERM-END EXAMINATION (TEE)

The TEE is another component of the evaluation system with 70% weightage for each theory course.
The University conducts term-end examination (TEE) twice a year i.e. in June and in December of
every year In case you fail to get a pass score (less than 50%) in the TEE, you will be eligible to re-
appear in the next TEE for that course, till the final span of the programme i. e. prior to completion
by you of the maximum duration of four years from the date of your admission / registration to the
programme.
Examination date-sheets (schedule which indicate the date and time of examination for each course)
are sent to all the study centres and the same is also notified through the IGNOU website.

It is a pre-requisite to submit the Examination Form with a fee of Rs.120/- ( revised from time to
time) per course in the form of demand draft drawn in favour of IGNOU and payable at New Delhi
or at the city where the concerned Regional Centre to which you are submitting your form is located
(Copy of the examination form is given in Annexure-IV). They are also available at Study Centres,
Regional Centres, and Student Evaluation Division at the Headquarters at New Delhi. The form can
also be downloaded from IGNOU website: www.ignou.ac.in. Only one form is to be submitted for
all the courses you are appearing in TEE.

• Normally your Study Centre is the Examination Centre. In case you wish to take examination at
a particular centre, the code of your chosen centre is to be filled up as Examination Centre
Code. However, if Examination Centre chosen by you is not activated, you will be allotted to
any other Examination Centre under the same Region.

• Change of Examination Centre, once allotted, is not permissible under any circumstances.

The filled-in examination form is to be submitted to the concerned Regional Centre under which
your examination centre falls. The dates for submission of Examination Forms are given below.

For June For December Late Fee Address, where Remark

TEE TEE Exam Form is to be
sent/ Submitted

1st March to 1st September to NIL Regional Director of Examination fee @Rs.120/
31st March 30th September the concerned per course in the form of
1st April 1st October to Rs.300/- Regional Centre under DD drawn in favour of
to 20th April 20th October which your IGNOU and payable at the
examination centre city of the concerned
21st April to 21" October to Rs.500/- falls. Regional Centre to which
30th April 31" October
your are submitting your
1st May to 1" November to Rs.1000/- application form.
15th May 15th November

The student is required to mention his/her name, enrollment number and programme code on the
backside of the demand draft.

Issue of Examination Intimation Slip: University issues Examination Intimation Slip to the students
at least 2 weeks before commencement of the term-end examination and also uploads the information
at the University’s website: www.ignou.ac.in. If they do not receive Examination Intimation Slip
within a week before commencement of the examination, they may download the Examination
Intimation Slip for the examination from the website.

8.0 GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

• Please file all letters that the University sends you, and keep the Programme Guide handy. A
record of your progress is maintained at IGNOU, New Delhi.
• Do write to us if you have any difficulties while working through the programme. Remember to
intimate the relevant authority sufficiently in advance, if there is any change of address. This
will help the concerned authority to send you course material, any information and letters promptly,
without any delay or the risk of their being lost.

• Please try to attend as many counselling sessions as possible so as to get the best out of the
programme.

• When you receive the printed materials, read the units carefully and note down the important
points. You can use the space in the broad margin of the printed pages for making notes and
writing your comments.

• Try to answer ‘Check Your Progress’ questions. Please remember, the answers to these questions
are not to be sent to us. The purpose is to enable you to evaluate your own performance and keep
you on the right track. They will enhance your comprehension of the subject matter. You can
compare your answers with those given at the end of the unit.

9.0 ONLINE FACILITIES

IGNOU website is www.ignou.ac.in. A few important links under the site are enlisted here.
i) Schools: Where you will get the information about the programmes offered by different schools.
ii) For students: Results; catalogue for print media and audio video; download facilities for
assignment, question papers ; queries about admission, registration, material despatch detail,
address checking, convocation; TEE date sheet; examination form; campus placement and
prospectus and application form. Here you will get the electronic version of the prospectus and
application form, information about the admission data, hall ticket and result.
iii) Division: Under this section, there are links of Material Production and Distribution Division,
Regional Service Division, Student Registration Division and Student Evaluation Division.
iv) Student Registration Division : This link will give you information about admission and re-
admission.
v) Student Evaluation Division : This link give information about TEE, results, assignment etc.
vi) Electronic Media: You will get the information about the Gyan Darshan Schedule, Gyan Vani
schedule, Interactive Radio Counselling, Teleconferencing schedule and feedback form.

Note: IGNOU is providing an incentive in the form of fee concession of 15% of the
Programme Fee to the students who opt for study material in digital form in place of
printed form from July, 2018 admission cycle onwards.

Student may use photocopies of the following forms given as annexures. These forms are also vailable
in the IGNOU website ( www.ignou.ac.in). Please check the website for modifications if any in the
form, fee, addresses etc.
Annexure I Tentative List of Examination Centres
Annexure II List of Regional Centres of IGNOU