In rate to enhance communication with students enrolled with Indira Gandhi National Open University’s Study Centre 0601 at Panjab University, the Centre after the victory of its post has introduced a Short Messaging Service SMS for its students.
The free of charge service has already been accessed by over 150 students in less than 2 weeks.
Through the move, the Centre hopes to make sure that students don’t have to come to the University to obtain general information like those pertaining to evaluations of assignments, counselling timings and classes, amongst others.
For example, if there is a holiday on any specific day, a message will be mailed to the candidates intimating them.
Being sensitised to few constraints of working online and the ease of communication via mobiles, the applications of SMS channel was moved for educational causes. For obtaining inputs on the recent developments or updated information, the learners enrolled with Student Cente 0601 can avail by just sending a sms “ON 0601ignou” to 9870807070,” told co-ordinator of the study centre Dr Ravi K Mahajan.