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UGC Guidelines: The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Thursday informed all the varsities not to hold offline exams in May 2021. The decision has been taken as a precautionary measure in view of the covid-19 pandemic and a notice regarding this is uploaded on the official website of the commission at ugc.ac.in.
“Keeping in view the current scenario of COVID-19, it is requested that Higher Education Institutions may keep the offline examinations in abeyance during May to avoid physical gathering at the campuses and also provide much-needed relief to students, faculty, and staff who are presently occupied in fighting covid-19 in one way or other,” reads the official notification.
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The commission allowed the higher educational institutes to conduct online examinations only if they ensure that they are prepared in all respects following guidelines issued by the central government, state governments, Education Ministry, and the UGC.
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“The situation may be relooked by the HEIs during next month for taking appropriate decisions in this regard,” further reads the notification.
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Most of the state boards and varsities had already either postponed or canceled their board or university exams in view of the rising number of coronavirus cases. Recently, the Delhi University has deferred the final semester examinations for two weeks and the fresh schedule for the DU final semester examination will be released in due course on the varsity’s official website.
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