Maharashtra governor allows final year students to give exam online: Uday Samant

Maharashtra Governor B S Koshyari has given permission to students to appear for the final year examinations online from home, state Higher and Technical Education Minister Uday Samant said on Thursday.

He said the state government will request the University Grants Commission (UGC) to extend the existing deadline for conducting the examinations from September end to October end, and added that the toughness of the exams will also be reduced.

The Supreme Court had last week upheld the UGC guidelines and said that no state and university can promote students in the final year/terminal semester without conducting examinations. The court also ruled that the UGC’s directives to universities and colleges to hold final-year exams by September 30 was well within its domain.

“Governor B S Koshyari has given permission to the final year students to appear for exams online. They can give exams from their home,” Samant said.

“We are also planning to bring the results out by October 31 to save the students’ academic year,” he added.

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News source: Hindustan Times

Update by Fiza Khatun