IGNOU assignment front page format

IGNOU does not publish one compulsory design. What it does require is a specific set of identifying details on the first sheet of every assignment. The June 2025 submission guidelines from Regional Centre Delhi-1.pdf) put it plainly: the first page of each assignment must carry the name of the learner, enrolment number, study centre code, course code, mobile number and email ID — followed by the ID card, question paper, and then your answers.

Most study centres also expect the programme code, assignment code, session, submission date, and your signature. The table below is the superset that will be accepted anywhere.

Your assignment marks are uploaded against your enrolment number, not your name. If that number is wrong or unreadable, the marks either go to another learner or sit unmatched until you chase them. This is the single most common reason a grade card shows a course as Not Completed months after you submitted.

• Copy it digit by digit from your ID card, then read it back once.
• Do not use your application number or the control number from your registration slip.
• Write it clearly enough that a stranger could transcribe it — this is the number a data entry operator has to key in.

IGNOU runs two admission cycles, and the session on your cover page tells the evaluator which cycle your answers belong to. Write it as a month and a year.

January session

Admitted in the January cycle. Written as January 2026.

July session

Admitted in the July cycle. Written as July 2026.

The session on your cover page should match the session printed on the question paper you answered. Downloading last year’s question paper and writing this year’s session on the cover is a mismatch the evaluator will notice.

The cover page is required either way, but what surrounds it changes.

1. 1

   Step 1: Offline, at your allotted study centre

   Hand in the assignment as a separate file or folder per course. Ask for a receipt and get it stamped or signed. Keep a photocopy of everything you submit — the receipt is your only proof if the status never updates.

2. 2

   Step 2: Online, through your regional centre

   Scan the pages in order: cover page first, then ID card, then the question paper, then your answers. Produce one single PDF per course. Regional Centre Delhi-1 caps each file at 10 MB and explicitly warns against splitting one assignment into several PDFs.

A perfect front page will not save an assignment that breaks the writing rules. IGNOU treats assignments as a Tutor Marked Assignment (TMA), and they carry 30% of your final course marks, with the term-end exam carrying the other 70%.

Paper

A4, ruled or plain

Ink

Blue or black ball pen only

Handwriting

Your own hand, in your own words. Typed answers are not accepted unless your programme has authorised it in writing.

Left margin

Roughly 4 cm, so the evaluator has room to comment

Submission

Once, at your allotted study centre only

• Last year’s assignment code. Codes change with the session. Take it from the question paper you actually downloaded this cycle.
• A missing signature. Unsigned cover pages get bounced at the counter, and you lose a trip.
• Submitting at a convenient centre instead of the allotted one. This creates duplicate records and delays grading.
• Several PDFs for one course. Online submissions must be one file per course.
• No receipt. Without a stamped receipt you have no way to prove a submission that never appeared in the system.

Assignment marks generally appear on the grade card around 30 to 45 days after submission. If a course still reads Not Completed well past that window, check the enrolment number and course code you wrote on the cover page first — a transcription error there is the usual cause. Then take your stamped receipt to the study centre coordinator.