Universities have to conduct final term exam, MHA tells varsities – education

The Ministry of House Affairs (MHA) in a letter to the Union Greater Education Secretary, on Monday, permitted the conduct of examinations by Universities and Establishments.

“The final Term Examinations are to be compulsorily carried out as per the UGC Pointers on Examinations and Tutorial Calendar for the Universities and as per the Customary Working Process (SOP) authorized by the Union Ministry of Well being and Household Welfare,” reads the assertion issued by the MHA.

With college students dealing with many difficulties, larger education regulator College Grants Fee (UGC) had requested the committee headed by Central College of Haryana Vice Chancellor R C Kuhad to revisit its tips on holding of exams.

The UGC on Monday night mentioned the committee’s revised suggestions.

In accordance to an official, the UGC has favoured holding of exams, particularly for the final yr college students. Nonetheless, it has prompt that the exams could also be held both within the on-line, offline or blended modes.

The panel can also be learnt to have agreed that the schools maintain the exams newest by September finish.

The UGC will quickly difficulty the revised tips.

Due to COVID-19 affect, the tutorial yr has been rendered shapeless as lessons in addition to the final examinations have been disrupted.

A number of universities have been making an attempt to maintain exams however have been assembly protests from college students in addition to mother and father. Whereas many college students have raised the problem of web connectivity for on-line assessments, the try to maintain offline exams raises considerations of pandemic unfold.