Central univ advances semester vacations

TNN | Mar 21, 2020, 04.49 AM IST

Trichy: The Central University of Tamil Nadu (CUTN), Tiruvarur, has advanced the semester vacations due to the extraordinary situation caused by the spread of Covid-19.

While classes have been suspended from Sunday, the university has now decided to advance the semester vacation from March 23, according to a circular issued on Friday by registrar S Bhuvaneswari.

University staff have been asked to report latest by April 26, who will get screened at the university health centre on their return as a safety measure.

Students in different years of their programmes have been given different dates from April 27 to May 3 to report back to the university.

They too will undergo health screening before entering the university campus.

On Sunday, the registrar had asked students to move back to their home towns till the academic activities resume.

To ensure safe situation from the spread of Covid-19, the university had suspended academic, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities till March 31.