Overview
- Learners emailed IGNOU on June 3 alleging Telegram channels were offering question papers and solutions for ₹199 per subject and attached screenshots claiming access up to two hours before some tests.
- The university sent a June 4 note to regional directors urging tighter controls at over 900 centres and about nine lakh students, including observers, staff mobile restrictions, and personal custody of confidential papers by superintendents.
- IGNOU referred the complaints to police immediately and said by mid‑June it had not received verified reports of any centre conducting exams with leaked papers.
- A separate June 9 dispatch error sent a wrong master’s paper to about 200 centres; IGNOU says the paper was discarded and replaced before tests began while some teachers say a few centres may have used the wrong paper before they were told to stop.
- The case is being watched closely because recent high‑profile exam leaks have focused attention on Telegram and the effectiveness of exam‑dispatch and centre‑level safeguards, and authorities may open a formal probe if police uncover evidence.