UGC Guidelines Highlights: UGC Guidelines For Final Year Exams & Revised Academic Calendar Awaited; AMU Postpones Final-Year Open Book Examination

UGC Highlights The University Grants Commission (UGC) did not release new guidelines for varsity exams yesterday. Speculations are rife that the Commission can issue fresh guidelines today, though there isn't any official confirmation about it. The Commission is waiting for Kuhad panel report in this regard before releasing fresh guidelines and new academic calendar. Stay tuned for live & latest updates.

Background

UGC Guidelines: The University Grants Commission (UGC) is likely to give its final decision regarding the final year university exams today. According to a report by IANS, the Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Dinesh Sharma mentioned the release of guidelines by UGC on July 1 while talking about the state government's decision on varsity exams.

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In the report, Sharma said that the state will decide about the cancelation of the university exams on July 2.

"The UGC will issue guidelines by July 1. The UP government will follow these and announce its decision on July 2," said Sharma in the report.

As the cases of coronavirus increases across the country, students have been demanding the cancelation of exams due to safety concerns. Earlier, the Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' had asked the University Grants Commission (UGC) to revisit the guidelines issued for intermediate and terminal semester examination, and the academic calendar.

An expert committee was formed to decide on the exams and last week they recommended that the examinations due in July in most universities as per the revised academic calendar be cancelled and marks for final examination be awarded based on the past performance of each student. As per the report in PTI, a panel, set up by UGC and headed by Haryana University vice-chancellor R C Kuhad, has been asked to revisit the guidelines and come up with alternative options.

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The UGC had in April formed two committees to deliberate on issues arising due to the lockdown to avoid academic loss and take appropriate measures for the future of students. One of the committees, led by Haryana University Vice-Chancellor R C Kuhad, was tasked with looking into ways of conducting exams in universities amid the lockdown and work on an alternate academic calendar. The second committee, formed to suggest measures to improve online education, was led by Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Vice-Chancellor Nageshwar Rao. The earlier guidelines stated that exams should be conducted in July were issued by the HRD Ministry on April 29 based on the recommendations of the committee.

15:18 PM (IST)  •  04 Jul 2020

Lucknow University and AKTU cancel exams
Lucknow University and AKTU University, both in Uttar Pradesh, have cancelled their exams scheduled to be conducted in the month of July.
Now the university will await the UGC’s guidelines regarding the exams before taking any further steps.
Lucknow University was scheduled to begin its final year exams from July 7 and AKTU was scheduled to begin its semester exams from July 16.

15:01 PM (IST)  •  04 Jul 2020

AMU Postpones Final Year OBE
Aligarh Muslim University, or AMU, on Friday, announced postponing of all end-semester examinations scheduled in July until further notice.
AMU said that the exams are being postponed in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the pending University Grants Commission (UGC) guidelines regarding examinations.

16:41 PM (IST)  •  03 Jul 2020

University of Rajasthan on Friday released the 2020 Undergraduate and Postgraduate examination timetable. As per the schedule announced, the university will conduct the exams from July 15 and the timetable can be accessed on the official website, uniraj.ac.in.

The university chose not to wait for the UGC guidelines on the final year examination. The undergraduate exam will begin on July 15 and will go on until September 7. The PG exam will also begin on July 15 and will go on until September 8, 2020.

15:57 PM (IST)  •  03 Jul 2020

The suspense around the pending Semester Exams 2020 for Final Year students is about to end soon, as the University Grants Commission (UGC), is all set to release the revised set to UGC Guidelines for the pending University and College Exams.
As per reports, an expert committee appointed by the UGC under the leadership of Haryana University vice-chancellor R C Kuhad, has recommended cancellation of all pending final semester examination that is scheduled to be held across the country in July 2020.

15:30 PM (IST)  •  03 Jul 2020

DU has released a new exam schedule for UG/PG Open Book Exams
Delhi University (DU) has released a revised timetable and the exams are scheduled to start from July 10th for both the courses. These exams were initially scheduled to begin from July 7 but were postponed by a week in view of the prevailing situation of the COVID-19 pandemic.