UGC Secretary Pens A Letter To VCs Asking To Urge Students Appear For 'Cow Science' Exam

In letter to the VCs, University Grants Commission (UGC) asks to encourage students to take the exam set for later this month.

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New Delhi: University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked all universities to encourage their students to appear for the ‘Kamdhenu Gau Vigyan Prachar-Prasar Examination’ which is a national-level exam being planned to test people’s knowledge of ‘gau vigyan’ or ‘cow science’. The exam is set to be held on February 25th 2021. The commission has asked for wider dissemination of information regarding the exam.

 

According to a PTI report, University Grants Commission (UGC) secretary Rajnish Jain in a letter to vice-chancellors said that "you are aware the Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, government of India, established in February 2019, has been working on dissemination of information on economic, scientific, environmental, health, agriculture and spiritual relevance of indigenous cow in the country".

"I write this to request you, to give wide publicity to this initiative and encourage students to enrol or register themselves for this examination. This may also be brought to the notice of the colleges affiliated to your university," he continued in the letter. 

The RKA is going to conduct the all-India online ''Kamdhenu Gau Vigyan Prachar-Prasar Examination'' for students of primary, secondary and senior secondary schools, colleges, universities and for all citizens. 

The Cow Science will be conducted in English, Hindi, Gujarati, Sanskrit, Punjabi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Marathi, Telugu and Odia and it is meant for students of primary, secondary and senior secondary schools, colleges, universities and for all citizens. 

The exam was announced in January 5th 2021, in a statement, the Union Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying had said, “certificates will be given to all. Successful meritorious candidates will be given prizes and certificates.”