Exams during Covid: 177 universities yet to decide on conducting examinations, says UGC

University Grants Commission said on Thursday that it approached 640 universities to learn status of conduct of examination after a long delay due to Coronavirus pandemic. UGC informed that out of total 640 universities, 454 have eir conducted examination or are planning to conduct in near future.

A total of 177 universities are yet to decide on conduct of examination. In case of 27 private universities that were established during 2019-20 to till date, first batch is yet to become eligible for final examination, UGC said. While several universities across country have decided to conduct examinations while adhering to COVID-19 guidelines issued by UGC, Mumbai University has strictly opposed to decision, seeking to cancel teh examinations in wake of COVID-19 situation. 

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Mumbai University examination row

Mumbai University has signed a letter along with or varsities from across country writing to UGC for cancellation of exams. University Grants Commission had moved conducting of examinations from July to September. It had urged varsities to conduct a combination of online and offline tests for final year students. In letter along with health risk, several adversities of virus were mentioned, it is a high risk for any student with pre-existing health conditions.

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Furrmore, online infrastructure is unavailable to many in country. UGC had revealed a unique open book examination pattern, however, letter mentions that OBE plays with fundamentals of examinations. UGC is yet to respond to all letters that were written to m, a formal statement is yet to be made.

state education minister of Maharashtra stands firm on decision of t conducting exams in state. state is looking at passing 3.9 lakh students which reportedly includes backlog students. Mumbai University is also one of varsity which is looking at giving a final statement to students.

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