
University Grants Commission (UGC) panel to revisit the guidelines for university and colleges exams has decided to recommend scrapping the final year examinations, too, reports Times of India. A formal announcement about the decision will be conveyed in the next few days, adds the report.
As per the earlier guidelines, the Commission had recommended to do away with the intermediate examinations but had asked universities to conduct the final year/semester examinations.
According to the revised guidelines, as per the MHRD sources, universities and colleges would grade the students based on performance in previous years or semesters and internal assessments. Detail of the same will be issued soon, reports TOI.
MHRD had formed a panel this week to issue revised guidelines due to the large number of institutions expressing inability to conduct final year exams due to the COVID-19 situation.
I have advised the @ugc_india to revisit the guidelines issued earlier for intermediate and Terminal Semester examinations and academic calendar. The foundation for revisited guidelines shall be health and safety students, teachers and staff.@PIB_India @MIB_India @DDNewslive
— Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank (@DrRPNishank) June 24, 2020
At least four states - Maharashtra, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, and Haryana - have taken a decision to cancel the university and college exams in their state including the final year due to the COVID-19...
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