IELTS resumed at many test centres

The International English Language Testing System [IELTS] is a standardized test that assesses the individual for their proficiency in the English language.

IELTS scores are usually required by those wishing to work overseas or study abroad where English is used as a language of communication. Certain countries also ask for IELTS test results from their prospective immigrants.

There are 2 kinds of IELTS tests –

IELTS Academic	For those applying for professional registration or higher education.
IELTS General Training	For those migrating to the UK, Canada, or Australia; applying for work experience, training programs or secondary education in an English-speaking environment.

The IELTS can be taken either in the paper-based format or delivered via a computer.

In the paper-based IELTS test, the individual will be required to sit down – at an official IELTS test centre – at a desk with the question papers as well as the answer sheets for the modules of Writing, Listening and Reading. The Speaking module will be carried out in a face-to-face setting with a trained IELTS examiner.

In the computer-based IELTS, on the other hand, the individual will have to sit in front of a computer – at an official IELTS test centre – and submit their answers to questions through a keyboard and mouse. The Writing, Reading and Listening modules will be in front of the computer. The Speaking test will not be administered through a computer and will have to be appeared for in a face-to-face setting.

Generally, the IELTS is available at over 1,600 locations worldwide.

However, with the COVID-19 pandemic impacting services, many test centres had not been functioning as usual in the recent past.

Nevertheless, as per a latest update, paper-based and computer-based tests are now being conducted for the following cities by the British Council and IDP –

Paper Based Test				Computer based test
West Zone	Maharashtra	Mumbai	Navi Mumbai	Nagpur	Mumbai	Thane (IDP)
		Thane	Pune	Mumbai West//South (IDP)	Pune
	Gujarat	Ahmedabad	Surat	Baroda	Ahmedabad	Surat	Vadodara
		Rajkot	Anand	Navsari
		Mehsana
East Zone	West Bengal	Siliguri	Bhubaneswar		Computer based test is not available
		Kolkata
	Chhattisgarh	Raipur
South Zone	Telangana	Hyderabad			Hyderabad
	Andhra Pradesh	Visakhapatnam	Vijayawada	Tirupati	Vijayawada
	Karnataka	Bangalore	Mangalore		Bangalore
	Kerala	Kochi	Kollam	Kottayam	Kochi
		Angamaly	Calicut	Kannur
		Thiruvananthapuram	Thrissur	Kothamangalam
	Tamil Nadu	Chennai	Coimbatore	Madurai	Chennai	Coimbatore [British Council
		Trichy
North Zone	Haryana	Ambala	Gurgaon	Karnal	Gurgaon
	Punjab	Amritsar	Bathinda	Chandigarh	Amritsar	Chandigarh	Ludhiana
		Zirakpur	Faridkot	Gurdaspur
		Jagraon	Jalandhar	Khanna
		Ludhiana	Moga	Patiala
		Sangrur	Hoshiarpur	Raikot
	Delhi	Delhi	New Delhi south [IDP]	New Delhi west [IDP]	Delhi	New Delhi
	Haryana	Gu?rgaon			Gurgaon
	Assam	Guwahati
	Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal
	Rajasthan	Jaipur			Jaipur (IDP)
	Uttarakhand	Dehradun
	Uttar Pradesh	Noida	Lucknow		Noida

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