PU to push for cancellation of exams

PU to push for cancellation of exams

Aarti.Kapur@timesgroup.com

Chandigarh:  14.07.2020

Panjab University (PU) officials will write to the University Grants Commission (UGC), requesting cancellation of the final-year examination in view of the pandemic. A decision was taken during the syndicate meeting on Monday.

The syndicate also constituted a committee to decide on holding the examination and the next academic session. The committee will submit a report in two weeks. After an over fourhour discussion, syndicate members agreed on constitution of a committee to draft a proposal on whether to conduct the exams or not and when would it be possible to do so.

The committee comprising Anu Chatrath, D P S Randhawa, Harpreet Singh Dua, Iqbal Singh and senior officials will be headed by Navdeep Goyal. It will also take a call on promotion of intermediate classes and next date of admission in colleges.

Although the university did not table the agenda about academic session and exam in the meeting, members sought a discussion on the issue. On July 6, the UGC issued guidelines to conduct examination in September but PU is yet to take a decision on it.

A memorandum was submitted to syndicate members from Students for Society, All India Students Association (AISA), Ambedkar Students Association, Punjab Students Union (Lalkar) and Youth For Swaraj parties in which they requested resolution to the issue of final semester examinations at the earliest.

Since the announcement of final exams, students and their families have been left facing fear and uncertainty. Students will also face severe residential and transportation problems in case of direct offline exams.

A student holds protest against the UGC decision to hold exams in PU