IGNOU - Indira Gandhi National Open University

The exam body, IGNOU will release the IGNOU BEd 2026 answer key in second or third week of March. The provisional answer key will be released in online mode on the official website. Candidates who appeared in the IGNOU BEd entrance exam can download the provisional answer keys to check their correct and incorrect responses. They can raise their queries before the reelase of the final IGNOU BEd Answer Key.

No, the IGNOU B.Ed Entrance Test application process is online. Therefore, candidates are not required to submit any document or confirmation page through post/ fax/ by hand.

The IGNOU B.Ed course fee at IGNOU University is INR 55,000. Candidates are supposed to pay the programme fee only when admission to the B.Ed course is confirmed.

Through the IGNOU BEd Entrance Test, candidates are offered admission in the distance BEd course offered by the Indira Gandhi National Open University.

The important documents required during the IGNOU B.Ed counseling are -

• IGNOU B.Ed mark sheet
• IGNOU call/counseling letter
• Academic certificates
• Character certificate
• Domicile certificate
• 2 Passport-size photographs
• Government issued ID Proof
• Caste, income and domicile certificate

IGNOU BEd Entrance Test comprises 100 multiple-choice questions (MCQs) of 100 marks that candidates need to complete in two hours. Candidates are awarded one marks for every correct answer. There is no negative marking for an incorrect answer or a question left unanswered in the exam.

IGNOU B.Ed results usually a month after the exam. However in 2025, the IGNOU BEd results are declared on June 16, 2025 which is 3 months after the exam was conducted. In the year 2024 the IGNOU BEd entrance exam was conducted on January 7, 2024 and the results were declared on February 29, 2024. In the 2022-23 session the IGNOU B.Ed exam was held on January 7, 2023, and the result was declared on March 03, 2023.

The IGNOU B.Ed is a distance education programme that candidates can complete within two to five years. Candidates who fill the application form og IGNOU BEd will have to appear in the exam, post qualifying in the exam, they will be shortlisted to take the BEdc course offered by the exam body.

The exam body will conduct the IGNOU B.Ed Entrance Test in pen and paper based offline mode. Candidates who submit the application form successfully will have to appear in the exam in pen-paper based mode. The question paper will have multiple choice questions.