CIC provides breather to IGNOU students
New Delhi: The Central Information Commission (CIC) has brought a ray of hope for the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) students that were enrolled for the Higher National Diploma (HND) and B.I.T. courses, which the University is running in association with Edexcel, a UK-based University. Even after waiting for years, many students who had pursued the courses did not receive their certificates from Edexcel, which turned all their hard work futile. The IGNOU on the other hand does not have any answer as to why Edexcel has not issued certificates to these successful students. Sailesh Gandhi, Information Commissioner CIC has asked the Vice-Chancellor (VC) of IGNOU Prof. Rajasekharan Pillai to look into the matter and send a report to the Commission by April 30. Many students have been facing this trauma of not receiving any information related to their certificates either from IGNOU or from Edexcel. The matter came into the notice of CIC after Aslam Ansari filed an applicatio...