Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on Thursday said he has ordered cancellation of semester exams and allow the students to proceed to the next academic year in view of the coronavirus pandemic.
In a statement issued here Palaniswami said a high level committee set up to examine the possibility of holding semester exams for college students has said owing to Covid-19 pandemic exams cannot be held.
Palaniswami said based on the guidance of University Grants Commission and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) under graduate and post graduate students of arts, science, engineering, computer science courses are exempted from examss for this semester only.
Earlier, As many as 755 universities across the nation have informed the University Grants Commission about their status of conducting examinations after UGC had issued revised guidelines to educational institutions for conducting terminal semester and final year exams on July 6.
Keeping in mind the rising cases of coronavirus infection all educational institutions across India were closed for the past few months due to COVID-19 induced lockdowns.
(IANS Report)
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