BDU puts off semester examinations

TNN | Apr 4, 2020, 04.20 AM IST

Trichy: As the state extended the lockdown period for education institutions till April 14, Bharathidasan University has decided to postponed semester examinations indefinitely. The examinations were scheduled to start on April 22.

In a message to the staffers and students on Friday, university registrar G Gopinath announced that the university has put off theory and practical examinations (both UG and PG) until further notice. A new schedule will be communicated by email from the university on a later date, the communication said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had set the stage for the lockdown by announcing one-day Janata curfew last week. Nationwide lockdown was enforced the subsequent days to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus. UGC came forward asking institutions to postpone examinations till March 31.

BDU registrar G Gopinath told ToI that the decision to postpone even semester examination was taken after the directive from the state on extending closedown of higher education institutions till April 14 a couple of days ago. Earlier, the state had announced the closure of institutions till March 31 due Covid-19 pandemic.

“The recent directive from state didn’t say anything about the conduct of semester examination. But the university had already scheduled to hold the examination from April 22 onwards. We have to put off the examinations due to the loss of working days. It is mandatory to have a minimum 90 working days to conduct examination,” the registrar said.

“We expect that the university will be able to reopen on April 15 and then we will work out on the term days and decide on the dates for the semester examination in consultation with the controller of examination,” he added.