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In a press statement today, Maharashtra Education minister Uday Samant said that only final year or final semester exams will be conducted in Maharashtra. Rest all college students will be promoted to the next class. This comes after he had announced on May 5 that he has set up a meeting of all Vice Chancellors along with CM Uddhav Thackery. Here, they discussed the current pandemic scenario and came on a conclusive decision. With expert opinions, he has come up with a concrete plan for the current and next academic year.
What will happen to final year students?
Final year students will have to give exams in July. The Mumbai University will provide a detailed timetable in the coming few days. The dates will be kept following the COVID-19 pandemic scenario. Since Maharashtra has the most cases in India, the mode of examination is still not clear, but there will exams nonetheless.
The results will come out in August and new sessions will begin in September or October. CET exams are likely to be conducted in August too. He said:
Mumbai University will conduct pending exams from July 1, as per University Grants Commission guidelines. The Mumbai University exams will take place in July. We aim to begin the new academic year from September 1, 2020, for the new batch.
Good news for FY and SY - stream students
First-year and second-year students will be passed based on their aggregate score of the past exams. All other exams are cancelled.
For other colleges
Not only Maharashtra, but this decision is also pending for other Universities too. According to a source, UGC is planning to conduct all exams in end-July or August. The date sheets or time-table will be out in end-June or the first week of July. Also, Unis will declare results within the month. On a similar line, HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal, in his webinar with students, clarified that all UGC exams will happen after 15th June.
Also, Higher Education Minister Dr Narayan on Friday said, “Tentatively, we are planning to conduct examinations after May. Students and parents do not need to worry about it.”