Talk:Indira Gandhi National Open University

message: Added a stub in Indira Gandhi National Open University/Temp. Sridev 15:58, 27 Jul 2004 (UTC)
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message: This institution is listed in as an unacredited institution, is this correct?It seems very odd to me Fasach Nua 15:10, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I have started a discussion on the List of unaccredited institutions of higher learning article. If you have more information, do share it there. -- Bob K | User_talk:Bobk 04:36, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  "IGNOU is a CENTRAL UNIVERSITY established by an Act of Parliament in 1985 (Act No. 50 of 1985) IGNOU Degrees / Diplomas / Certificates are recognised by all the members of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) and are at par with Degrees / Diplomas / Certificates of all Indian Universities / Deemed Universities / Institutions vide UGC Circular No. F1-52/2000 (CPP-II) dated 5 May, 2004 & AIU Circular No. EV/B(449)/94/176915-177115 dated January 14, 1994." -- http://www.indiastudycenter.com/Univ/States/Delhi/IGNOU.asp Natebailey 22:53, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

text: The statistics in the infobox say 'till 2005'. I've been informed that Indian universities count enrolment as the total enrolment over all years of existence, rather than the current, active enrolment of students studying a unit. This alternate definition makes it difficult to clarify which version universities are publishing on their site. I would sincerely appreciate someone clarifying the "current/active" figure vs. the "all time" figure for this institution. Natebailey 22:47, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Unaccredited?

message: I did a basic cleanup: removed redundancy (e.g., no need to state three times that the university offers its services in 35 countries other than India; this fact now appears once) and rephrased to avoid looking as though we were speaking for the university (NPOV). More information would be useful; for example, which/how many languages are classes offered in? Vicki Rosenzweig 22:14, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: This page still needs a lot more cleanup -- what value are many of those tables providing? Clearly there is some passion for the University, contributors should look to wiki pages for globally prestigious universities as a template and formulate their contributions in a similar style. Natebailey 23:18, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have done a total re-write of the article based on the format of some of the more informative articles of individual universities found on Wikipedia. Feel free to add on where necessary. - Bob K 22:02, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Nice work Bobk, the article is looking much better! :-) Natebailey 23:30, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleanup needed! 

message: Because the Indian numbering system uses 2 decimal places as opposed to 3 (past the first 3 numerals) this has lead to confusion regarding the statistics. I have changed them to suit international standards, seeing how this page is part of English wikipedia. Eedo Bee 11:08, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Indian Numbering System 

message: It seems this article has been attracting a lot of link spam ever since it came into my watch list months ago. Perhaps those who are more familiar with this university should keep an eye out for this. - Bob K 20:12, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Link Spam Magnet 

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thread_title:  Copyright problem removed 

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message: The neutrality of this University is maintained.
According my review there is no different, mismatch, disputed content found. Tpswain (talk) 14:32, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Neutrality of Ignou 

message: The article makes some statements about student numbers:
*Infobox: Cumulative enrolment of nearly 3 million
*Lead: IGNOU is run by the central government of India, and with total active enrolment of over 4 million students, claims to be the largest university in the world.
What do the sources cited say:
#Profile of IGNOU - Preamble says: "Today, it serves the educational aspirations of over 3 million students in India and other countries through 21 Schools of Studies and a network of 67 Regional Centres, around 2,000 Learner Support Centres and 20 overseas institutions."
#In 9 yrs, number of SC students at Ignou rose by 248%, STs by 172% says: "The number of enrolled students at Ignou has doubled in the same period, from 3.6 lakh in 2010 to 7.14 lakh in 2018."  i.e. the number of enrolled students was 714,000 in 2018 (this is a lot less than over 3 million.
#Constant learning through distance education does not mention the number of students.
None of the sources mention a claim to be the largest university in the world.
The reason for the difference in numbers between sources is probably that they are measuring different things.-- Toddy1 (talk) 10:48, 26 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Numbers of students