New Delhi: Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has fixed the maximum duration of management programmes to a maximum duration of eight years.

"All old 3.81 lakh students of management programmes of IGNOU and MBA (B&F) have been informed to successfully complete all the requirements for the award of degrees/ diploma by December 2010 term-end examination," said an official.

If they fail, they will have to seek fresh admission to complete the left over courses, he added.

The circular letter dated February 1, 2007, sent to 3.81 lakh students registered upto the year 2006, can be downloaded from the IGNOU website.

Re-registration for July 2010 session is open now. The last date for submitting the re- registration form with late fee at the respective regional centres is June 20, 2010. Re- registration form can be downloaded from the IGNOU website.