Govt to take call on univ exams on July 2: Dy CM

Govt to take call on univ exams on July 2: Dy CM

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Lucknow: 30.06.2020

The Uttar Pradesh government will take the final call on whether to hold university exams or not even as a four-member committee appointed by it is learnt to have “strongly” recommended against holding exams due to Covid-19 outbreak.

Deputy chief minister Dinesh Sharma, who also holds the education portfolio, said the final decision will be announced on July  2.

After a meeting with chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday evening, Sharma said, “The central government will issue guidelines by July 1. The UP government will follow these and announce its decision on July 2.”

However, sources said that the four-member committee headed by Meerut University vice-chancellor A K Taneja and comprising the vice-chancellors of three more state universities, has submitted its report recommending that exams should be cancelled as it is not possible to hold them amid the crisis due to Covid-19 pandemic.

If the government accepts the committee’s recommendation, then about 48 lakh students would be promoted as per an accepted formula.

Certain universities had started conducting exams before the nationwide lockdown was implemented on March 25 because of which all papers were postponed indefinitely.

After Unlock 1.0, some universities issued fresh date sheets, but the move was strongly opposed both by students and teachers. The government then set up the four-member committee on Saturday to recommend whether it would be possible to conduct exams or not.