Maharashtra Cancelled Final Year exams for non professionals,vocational courses
Decision on Professional Courses soon
Mumbai : Amid Coronavirus pandemic and the present situation of Maharashtra, the state government on Friday announced its to cancel the final year examination for all non-professional and vocational courses in all state Universities. The Mahavikas Aghadi Government (MAG) has made the final year degree examinations optional for all students in the professional courses including the MBA & LLB.
The Higher Education Minister Uday Samant on a facebook live post declared that the state is currently is in consultation with regulatory bodies like AICTE, Bar Council of India and Council of Architecture to reach the decision.
उच्च व तंत्रशिक्षणमंत्री श्री. उदय सामंत लाईव्ह
उच्च व तंत्रशिक्षणमंत्री श्री. उदय सामंत यांचा राज्यातील महाविद्यालयीन विद्यार्थी व त्यांच्या पालकांशी #FacebookLive च्या माध्यमातून संवाद
Maharashtra DGIPR यांनी वर पोस्ट केले शुक्रवार, १९ जून, २०२०
The Government said “Due to the increasing Prevalence of Coronavirus in the state , it is not practically possible to conduct the final session examinations of the Universities in such a situation”
The decisions follows the recommendations of the state level committee appointed as per the UGC guidelines which submitted its report last month, and a series of meeting held since.
As per data, 7,34,516 were due to appear for final year exams in various non-professional courses (like BA, B.Com, B.Sc etc) and another 2,83,937 for professional courses (like BE, LIB, BCA etc) for the academic year 2019-2020 .
अंतिम वर्षाच्या अव्यावसायिक आणि व्यावसायिक विद्यार्थ्यांच्या हिताचा निर्णय आज महाविकास आघाडीच्या सरकारने घेतला आहे … बॅकलॉग च्या विध्यार्थ्यानी देखील काळजी करू नये तुमच्याही हिताचाच निर्णय होईल. pic.twitter.com/Ys8QmAfceK
— Uday Samant (@samant_uday) June 19, 2020
For non-professional degree courses , the student’s performance would be assessed on the basis of their past examination results.
If, any students opt-for examinations, they will have to make a written application to the respective University or the district collectorate concerned and depending on the Covid-19 situation, a suitable decision will be taken in the matter.
On the issue of backlog of past students, a separate announcement will be aired in the next few day.
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