Students & Teachers In Maharashtra Await Official Notice Regarding Final-Year Exams
- Team Exammr
- Jun 16, 2020
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Following Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray's announcement of the cancellation of final-year exams, students & teachers in the state still await an official notification even after two weeks
It has been two weeks since Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray said that final-year exams across all streams are to be canceled in the state. The decision, however, has created a stir among the students and teachers as there is still no official government notification regarding the matter yet.
While the University Grants Commission (UGC) has already left it to the autonomous colleges to take the final call on the curriculum, academic schedule, and other exam-related undertakings, the institutions are still waiting for an official notification from the state government regarding whether or not to organise final-year exams in the state. With the situation becoming vaguer day by day, various autonomous institutes, university-affiliated colleges, and their principals have stated that the state government should make its stand clear on the final-year exams as soon as possible. Also, most of them are in favour of conducting final-year exams.
While the bodies are bound to follow government's orders, Savitribai Phule Pune University has directed for the preparations to go on in Pune, Ahmednagar, and Nashik districts for organising of final-year exams. Also, the Deccan Education Society, Shikshan Prasarak Mandal, Maharashtra Education Society, and Maharshi Karve Women’s Education Society are in favour of conducting the final-year exams.
"Nearly 80 percent of the students in our college are capable of appearing for online exams. We are ready to open our campus for the few who may not have the connectivity or the equipment to do so. Exams are necessary, without which we will not be able to give completion certificates for degree courses. We have received many requests from students, who have a deadline to keep with other universities. Because of a handful of students who are affiliated with political parties, the rest are suffering unnecessarily", said the principal of a Mumbai college.
"We had finished a part of the final-year exams before the lockdown was imposed in March", cited another principal. He went on to add that the government should not cancel the exams altogether. "We feel the universities should take a stand on the matter. Preparations have been made for the exams. It’s just a matter of saying yes or no", stated an autonomous college's principal.