Graduation, PG exams only for final semester in Karnataka, intermediate semester students to be promoted – education

The Karnataka authorities on Friday introduced its choice to promote all intermediate semester students pursuing diploma and put up-commencement programs together with engineering and diploma for the educational 12 months 2019- 20 with out examinations, due to prevailing COVID-19 scenario.

It mentioned examinations for the final semester students would be performed earlier than the top of September 2021, as per UGC tips and Governor Vajubhai Vala has given his assent for the identical.

Nevertheless, it clarified that the Karnataka Widespread Entrance Check (KCET)- 2021 examination for admissions to Engineering, Pharmacy, Pharma D and different programs will be held on the determined dates of July 30 and 31.

The federal government has taken this choice to promote students after consulting educationists and college vice chancellors, making an allowance for students’ well being, well- being and future, additionally UGC tips have additionally been duly taken into consideration, Deputy Chief Minister C N Ashwath Narayan’s workplace mentioned in a launch.

The choice will be restricted to the educational 12 months 2019-20 only, it mentioned.

“COVID-19 has disrupted the education system – lessons couldn’t be held on time. On-line studying launched throughout the lockdown has acquired good responses and the federal government promptly tried its greatest to attain the final individual in the chain,” Narayan mentioned.

Stating that the federal government mulled conducting offline lessons and examinations too, he mentioned, “however owing to the rise in the viral unfold these ideas have been dropped and it has been determined to cross and promote all intermediate semester students. Involved Universities have been intimated to conduct examinations for all of the final 12 months/ semester students.” The Deputy Chief Minister mentioned intermediate semester students will be assessed based mostly on a complete analysis scheme with inside evaluation marks and former 12 months’s/ semester’s marks thought-about in a 50:50 ratio, and for students in their first semester/12 months, the analysis will be fully based mostly on inside evaluation marks.

If students really feel to higher their scores, provisions will be made for them to face examinations throughout the subsequent semester and students who fail to succeed in the great analysis course of shall face examinations for respective topics throughout the subsequent semester, he mentioned including that backlog topics will be allowed to be carried over as nicely.

Additional noting that the final semester exams will be performed with due consideration given to students’ educational analysis and their future lives, Narayan mentioned educational analysis types the core of the upper education system and therefore educational efficiency of students wants to be thought-about.

“Firms too will base their assessments on a person pupil’s educational excellence and grades he/she secured. Thus, it might be pushing the students to hazard in the long run if examinations weren’t to be performed now,” he mentioned.

All universities have been knowledgeable to put together themselves and make appropriate preparations for the conduct of final semester examinations, he added.

The Deputy Chief Minister made it clear that on-line lessons for the educational 12 months 2021-21 will start from September 1 and offline lessons from October 1, and all universities and affiliated faculties have been directed to make appropriate preparations in that regard.