UGC issues SOPs for univs to conduct final year exams
Manash.Gohain@timesgroup.com
New Delhi:09.07.2020
UGC on Wednesday issued the standard operating procedures (SOPs) for universities and higher education institutions for conducting examinations in view of the Covid-19 outbreak. While reiterating that higher education institutions have to conduct examinations for only the final year students, the regulatory authority said measures like sanitisation of the entire examination floors have to be ensured and admit/identity cards should be treated as pass for movement.
The Commission had on Monday given time to universities to conduct the final year exams by September-end in offline (pen and paper), online or blended mode and as per the prescribed guidelines related to the Covid-19 pandemic. The SOPs issued by UGC list out 31measures to be taken during the examination process, starting from movement of students and staff to the “the end of the day” protocols.
It has asked universities to abide by the guidelines issued by the central and respective state governments while giving them a free hand to frame “stricter provisions and guidelines, if they find necessary.
As per the SOPs, after every session, the examination floors and candidates’ seating areas including desks and chairs, door handles, staircases, railings and wheelchairs should be disinfected. Also fresh masks and gloves are to be used by exam functionaries after staff verification is done.
There is a separate set of protocols for staff-verification which will entail each functionary giving a self-declaration about health status, wearing of masks and gloves at all times. Any staff member failing to meet the self-declaration norms or thermal temperature check will be asked to leave the exam centre.
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