KU to conduct all remaining PG, UG exams via Online mode
Srinagar: The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Thursday directed Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to go for offline examinations during this month in order to avoid physical gathering at the campuses.
UGC in a notification said, “Keeping in view the current scenario of COVID-19, it is requested that higher education institutions may keep the offline examinations In abeyance during May 2021 to avoid physical gathering at the campuses.”
“However for conduct of online examinations, HEIs may decide suitably after assessing local conditions and ensuring that they are prepared in all respects following guidelines and directions issued by the government, Ministry of Education, or UGC from time to time to prevent spread of COVID-19,” it reads.
UGC also said that the directions are also aimed at providing much needed relief to the students, faculty and staff who are presently occupied in fighting COVID-19 in one way or another.
“The situation may be relooked by the HEIs next month for taking appropriate decisions in this regard,” reads the notification.
Meanwhile, University of Kashmir has decided to conduct all its remaining PG and UG examinations in the online mode in view of the ongoing pandemic situation and ensure that there is no loss of students’ academic time.
The decision was taken pursuant to detailed deliberations held during a high-level meeting of the advisory committee, headed by Prof Neelofar Khan, as well as a meeting of the varsity’s deans’ committee chaired by Dean of Academic Affairs Prof Shabir A Bhat.
The recommendations of the committee were approved by Vice-Chancellor Prof Talat Ahmad following which the Registrar Dr Nisar Ahmad Mir ordered that the examination of the remaining papers of 4th semester and other end-semester examinations shall be conducted in online mode after 15th May 2021, it says.
The order stated that the calendar and allotment for all UG & PG Level College Examinations (to be held via online mode) will be drafted by the Controller of Examinations in consultation with concerned campuses, colleges and departments. The examination in departments running integrated programmes and having completed the syllabus of their respective semesters due for examination shall be conducted in the online mode, it says.
The university also ordered that the 1st Semester examination (PG Programmes 2020 Batch) shall also be conducted in the Online Mode while the examination of OE/GE courses of 1st Semester shall be conducted in on-line mode on 17th and 19th May 2021.
The question paper for conducting the online examination shall be in a blended mode i.e. MCQ /Viva-Voce/Assignments /short-type answers etc as per the need and demand of the course, it says. (Additional inputs from KNO)
