Madhya Pradesh to conduct final year university exams in Sept

The Madhya Pradesh government is scheduled to conduct the final year examinations for university students in September this year. The examination will be based on an open book exam format and will contribute 50 per cent marks during the evaluation.

Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh government on Monday announced to conduct the final year exams for the university students in the open book exam format in September.

The announcement was made through the official twitter handle of the CMO Madhya Pradesh on Monday.

• ओपन बुक परीक्षाओं के मूल्यांकन हेतु छात्रों को गत वर्षों/सेमेस्टर के प्राप्तांको का 50% वेटेज तथा ओपन बुक परीक्षा के प्राप्तांको का का 50% वेटेज दिया जायेगा। pic.twitter.com/55H7xc9Aar

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  ओपन बुक परीक्षाओं के मूल्यांकन हेतु छात्रों को गत वर्षों/सेमेस्टर के प्राप्तांको का 50% वेटेज तथा ओपन बुक परीक्षा के प्राप्तांको का का 50% वेटेज दिया जायेगा। pic.twitter.com/55H7xc9Aar

  — CMO Madhya Pradesh (@CMMadhyaPradesh) July 27, 2020

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  ओपन बुक परीक्षाओं के मूल्यांकन हेतु छात्रों को गत वर्षों/सेमेस्टर के प्राप्तांको का 50% वेटेज तथा ओपन बुक परीक्षा के प्राप्तांको का का 50% वेटेज दिया जायेगा। pic.twitter.com/55H7xc9Aar

  — CMO Madhya Pradesh (@CMMadhyaPradesh) July 27, 2020

According to the tweet, the examination will be conducted in September and the results for the same will be declared in October.

The evaluation of the marks will be based on 50-50 per cent criteria which means 50 per cent will be taken from the previous year examination/semester and the rest will be considered from the examination conducted this year.

Earlier, the government had announced to cancel the examination for both Undergraduate and Post-graduate students.

SC seeks UGC's response on pleas seeking cancellation of final term exams

Earlier on Monday, the Supreme Court sought a reply from the University Grants Commission (UGC) on a batch of pleas challenging its circular and seeking cancellation of final term examination in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic.

A bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan asked the UGC to file a reply by Wednesday and posted the matter for further hearing on Friday. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the UGC, told the court that there are 818 universities out of which 209 universities have already conducted examination (online or offline) and 394 others are planning to conduct the same.

The students, in their petition, urged that the exams should be cancelled and the results of such students should be calculated on the basis of their internal assessment or past performance.