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As a student of Study Centre |
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As a student of Work Place |
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| Registration under Study Centre |
Visit various YCMOU study centres in your area and talk to the coordinator to get more information. Select a study centre of your choice. Fill up your application form and submit it, along with necessary fees, at the study centre, which you have selected. Do not send your application form directly to the University. Attend counseling sessions and carry out your computer practical at the study centre. The practical counsellor of your study centre will supervise your practical activities.
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| Registration under Work Place |
If you are working in office, industry or elsewhere and have access to carry out computer practical on your own, you need not go to the study centre for doing your practical. However, you will go to the study centre for attending theory- counseling sessions. In such a case, you can register under work place category. By registering under this category you will get concession in fees. Note that the study centre will not provide computing facility to a student enrolling under work-place category. However,
you will get the following support services from the study centre
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Academic support |
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Administrative support |
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Conduct of practical examination of departmental courses |
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Students desirous of taking admission under work-place category should fill up their application form and submit it, along with necessary fees, to the study centre, which they have selected. They should not send application form directly to the University.
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| Study Methodology |
After enrolling to the computer program, the next step you have to take is to read the text books, attend the counseling sessions and carry out practical on computer at your study centre. Thus, the three important components of your study are: Self Study, Counseling and Practicals.
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Self Study |
This University follows open learning mode of education. Therefore, no regular lectures will be held at the study centre. However, a specified number of counseling sessions will be arranged at the study centres to solve your difficulties. You will be provided with a self-instructional print material . The print material consists of individualised or self-paced learning textbooks. These books consist of study units. Each unit treats a specific topic in detail. The important feature of open learning is that you can study these books at any time and at any place most convenient to you. The books contain variety of learning aids to ease your study and make it effective and enjoyable . You can collect your study material from your Study Centre where you have been registered.
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| Counseling |
The purpose of counseling is to help individuals overcome many of their problems. counseling at study centre offers you the opportunity to discuss anything relating to your academic or administrative matter. The study centres will provide you a friendly, accessible and useful services in this regard. Our approach is to enable you to take responsibility, be aware of how the outside world affects you and know the implications of any new decisions that you may take.
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| Practicals |
As computer education entails intensive practical work as an essential part, computing facilities have been provided at a number of study centres throughout the state. If you belong to the Study centre category, you will have to go to your Study centre to do practical. It is your responsibility to ensure that the practical time given to you at the work-centre is fully and properly utilised by you. Co- ordinators of study centres are expected to solve your problems. So feel free to talk to them about your problems.
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| Study Material |
Every Study Centre of the university is equipped with Book Bank facility, which contains prescribed text books and other study material. The study centre will issue books to students on loan basis. As the cost of the study material is not included in the programme fees, student should make separate payment to the study centre for availing the facility of book bank. The payment includes book utilization charges as well as deposit for availing books from the Book Bank. After completion of the programme , student should return books, in good condition, to the study centre and get the refund of deposit that he has paid to the study centre. If student fails to return books within a period of 1 year from the date of admission, the study centre shall not be liable to accept the books and return the deposit.
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| How Many Programmes can you apply for? |
Student can enroll for only one computer programme in a semester.
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| Re-registration of Programmes |
When a student registers to a computer programme , his registration to that programme will be valid for a duration (from the date of registration) specified below.
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Certificate Level Programme: 2 Years
Diploma Level Programme: 3 Years
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The student is expected to complete the programme within the valid period of registration. After the expiry of the valid registration period, student should take fresh admission to the programme All the rules and regulations, which exist at the time of new registration (including fees, credit transfer rule) will apply to the student.
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