The National Testing Agency, NTA will conduct entrance examinations to IGNOU's MBA and BEd programmes for January 2020 admissions.
In a statement, IGNOU said, the examinations will be conducted by the NTA on 27th July this year in more than 100 cities across the country. The NTA has been conducting computer-based entrance tests for higher educational institutions.
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Vice-Chancellor of IGNOU, Professor Nageshwar Rao said, the decision to seek the Agency's help has been taken because of its expertise in holding entrance exams transparently, efficiently and swiftly.
He said, if the experiment goes well, IGNOU is contemplating to go for online examinations for its popular programmes as well. The last date for online registration will be 1st of July.