I have done BCA and MCA from IGNOU university and topped in my regional centre. In my point of view, IGNOU has good study material and if we study it well( in detail) then we can easily get good marks. I used to watch You Tube to understand concepts that I had difficulty in understanding as concepts are sometimes not in much detail. I used to watch IIT channels on You Tube. Sometimes, My doubts about some topics were not even cleared by the faculty. That was really disappointing. You have to dedicate 4–5 hours daily and finish your syllabus on time, submit your assignments on time and try to revise whole of the syllabus as questions could come from any corner of the book. The exercise questions are really important on the backside of every chapters and the ones given in between the topics. Don’t leave anything. For practicals knowledge, you have to dedicate your time and if your concepts are not clear for practicals then try to take training from other institutes as well like NIIT etc.But, I didn’t take nay such training.