Christ varsity goes ahead with exams

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Bengaluru:

Christ (deemed to be) University conducted its online exam on Wednesday despite the state government sending an advisory to cancel the same for intermediate semesters.

The university said it will continue with the exam on Thursday as well. “We have still not received the letter. I have only seen it on social media. However, it’s only an advisory note and the state government cannot mandate as we are not under its purview,” said Fr Abraham VM, vicechancellor. “The response to our online exams has been excellent. It was 96.3% on Wednesday,” he added. The last test is on July 25.

On July 13, the Karnataka government sent a letter to Christ (deemed to be) University) and KLE Technology University not to conduct examinations for intermediate semester/year. It told the institutes to promote students based on the grading system consisting of 50% marks for internal evaluation and 50% for performance in the previous semester.

No intermediate semester exam, says KLE VC

Ashok Shettar, V-C, KLE Technological University, Hubballi, said there will be no end-semester exam for intermediate semesters and only internal assessments are being done as per UGC guidelines and the government notification. “Students will be promoted as per internal assessment and other guidelines set by the government in its order,” he said.

FEE WAIVER

The higher education department has announced that 50% of exam fee for the next semester (UG, PG and diploma) courses will be waived. This is after several students of intermediate semesters demanded that the fee they paid for the exams, which were later cancelled, be reimbursed.