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.
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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.
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.
1. The first thing expected is the uniform decision on the final year college exams.
2. If the exams are postponed and not canceled then the procedure to conduct the exams is expected. 3. If the exams are canceled then the guidelines regarding the new marking scheme is expected. 4. UGC had earlier shared a rough draft of how universities and colleges will work once they reopen. The colleges were expected to reopen from September for the new batch and from August, the students were to start getting enrolled. A change can be expected in this too.
Uttar Pradesh govt was expected to take a decision on July 2nd regarding the final year college exams. The state said that it will release the guidelines once UGC issues the fresh guidelines. Since the UGC has not clarified anything on the topic yet, it is now to be seen whether the state government will go ahead and decide on its own.
Among other universities in the state, Lucknow University is slated to begin its exams on July 7.
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