Final exams must to protect future of students: Pokhriyal
Manash.Gohain@timesgroup.com
New Delhi:18.08.2020
Addressing vice chancellors on Monday, Union education minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal hoped that all universities will complete holding exams by September. The minister justified the conduct of the final exams of the higher education institutions saying it was meant to ensure that students do not carry “Covid degrees” for the rest of their life. He also lauded that universities and parents for preparing the students for the online and blended exams against all odds.
The theme of the two-day (August 17 and 18) annual conference of the vice chancellors this year is “Reimagining Indian Universities.” The conference is being conducted by the Association of Indian Universities through virtual mode which was started with a film on Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi, who also delivered the AIU foundation day lecture.
Pokhriyal launched the AIU portal and also released edited volumes on “Reimagining Indian Universities” and “Monograph on Protecting Academic Interest of Students during Covid-19: Sharing Best Practice.”
Speaking about the disruption due to the Covid-19 outbreak, Pokhriyal said that the biggest challenge has been to continue the education of the 33 crore students through online mode. “We insisted on the final year exams with a lot of thought as it’s the future of our students at stake. No doubt we may need some time and face a few challenges, but they will appear for the final exams so that they are not called holders of Covid degrees in future. I am happy that the majority of the universities have either conducted the exams or in the process of conducting them.”
We may face a few challenges, but they will appear for the final exams so that they are not called holders of Covid degrees in future
RAMESH POKHRIYAL
Union Education Minister
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