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Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU) has decided to provide online classes in order to ensure that its academic timetable is not hampered due to the nationwide lockdown.
In view of the Coronavirus outbreak in India, Indraprastha University, short for Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU), has decided to provide online classes to its students. This came after the declaration of 21-day nationwide lockdown which posed as a hindrance to the university's academic timetable.
The university added that over 100 affiliated colleges and a lot of students have resorted to ICT-based learning platforms for a number of professional courses not only at the university but also in various colleges.
The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India and the UGC had earlier requested all the Central and State universities or educational institutions to introduce e-learning platforms in order to offer a new and blended form of learning during the lockdown. There are many ICT initiatives by the Consortium of Communication (CEC), UGC, MHRD, Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) that can be accessed by the students, researchers and teachers of the universities. Few of them are UG/PG MOOCs, e-PG Pathshala, SWAYAMPRABHA, SWAYAM Online Courses, CEC-UGC YouTube Channel, Shodhganga and National Digital Library.
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IP University also established a separate committee including more than 30 GGSIPU faculty members from different academic backgrounds to execute the same. These members shall be comprehensively working on the development of Massive Open Online Courses or MOOCs.
The university has also extended the registration deadline for IP University admissions 2020-21 to April 17, 2020, due to the Coronavirus Pandemic. The date of the IPU Common Entrance Test (CET) 2020 has also been postponed. It will now be conducted from May 20 to May 30. Find more about IPU CET 2020.
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