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IGNOU marksheet and final grade card
The webpage you print after every TEE is not the final marksheet. Employers who ask for a “marksheet” usually want the document issued after the programme is complete.
By MyIGNOU Assignment editorial deskUpdated 2 min read
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Three documents people call a marksheet
| Document | When it exists | Good for |
|---|---|---|
| On-screen grade card | After components start posting | Checking Completed / Not Completed. The page says it is indicative |
| Final grade card / marks sheet | After every prescribed course is complete | Jobs, further admission, the file you keep |
| Provisional certificate / degree | After the university processes completion, often around convocation | Proof of the award, not a subject-wise sheet |
Printing the grade-card screen with the browser’s Save as PDF is fine for your records. It is not the final marksheet. Do not tell an employer it is.
Read the on-screen card first
Pick the CBCS, BCA/MCA/MP or Other form so you are looking at your own row.
Grade card guideWhen the final grade card is issued
The university issues the final grade card after all required courses show Completed — assignments, TEE, practicals, projects, and any viva your programme lists. One leftover Not Completed course blocks the final document even if you already have a job offer.
- Watch Student Evaluation Division (SED) notices on ignou.ac.in. That is where dispatch and duplicate procedures are published.
- Online requests, when a cycle opens them, go through the SED services link named in that notice — not through a Telegram “marksheet agent”.
- The address on your admission record is where the envelope goes. Update it with the regional centre before you apply for the final card.
Duplicate or damaged marksheet
Lost or damaged final documents are a SED application with a fee, plus an affidavit if the notice asks for one. A colour printout of an old scan is not a duplicate. Police FIR rules, when they apply, are in that circular — do not invent one.
What to send with a job application now
- If the programme is still running: the latest grade-card print, and a line that it is a status print, not the final sheet.
- If every course is Completed and you are waiting for post: the same print plus the completion / result notice if you have one.
- If you hold the final grade card: scan that. Do not overlay a fake university seal in Canva.
Convocation is the award, not the marksheet
Registering for convocation does not replace SED’s grade-card issue.
Convocation guide