New Delhi: Here is good news for students enrolled at the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) as the varsity will soon begin providing all the information regarding its courses, examination dates, results etc via SMS.

With IGNOU kicking off its first level of mobile services, the facility will be operational within 15 days.

Prof. P.V. Suresh, senior lecturer at the School of Computer & Information Sciences said, "This service will make information gathering and other exhausting procedures very simple and instant. It is a first-of-its-kind experiment to be used by a university or educational institute in India. Most of the students enrolled with IGNOU are either students who are pursing their regular courses or students who are already working. This service will save their time".

Talking about the project, Prof. Suresh said, "The project has three levels. The first level will be started within 15 days wherein bulk messages will be sent to millions of students enrolled with IGNOU containing information about various courses, subjects and also about this SMS service".

"The second level will involve enabling students to send SMSes to the university to get information on various courses, subjects, related projects, examinations and its results. In the third level, students will be able to update their personal details in their profiles, like address, phone number etc. directly through the software designed by us", Prof. Suresh further said.

Students staying abroad or in far-off areas will be the main beneficiaries of the service provided by the varsity.

The SMS will be in a proper format prescribed by the university and it will ensure privacy and credibility of the information.