Uday Samant said, “All university students in Maharashtra, except those in the final year, will be promoted to the next class”
MUMBAI| On Friday Maharashtra minister for higher and technical education Uday Samant said that all university students in the state except final year (TY) students will be promoted to the next year. Only the final year students (TY) students will give exams between July 1 and 30, unless lockdown is extended further.
All university students in Maharashtra, except those in the final year, will be promoted to the next class without examination due to #COVID19 lockdown. The final year examinations will be held in July: State Higher & Technical Education Minister Uday Samant (File photo) pic.twitter.com/GW3W6X5FMS
— ANI (@ANI) May 8, 2020
On Thursday the state minister tweeted that a final decision on the status of university examinations will be announced on Friday.
After a month’s pause and after forming an expert committee including vice-chancellors of the state universities, directors of the state Common Entrance Test (CET) Cell and Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) as well as other experts, to come up with a concrete plan for the current and next academic year.
Samant on Thursday said, “A committee of vice-chancellors presented their report to the government today. The same was discussed with chief minister Uddhav Thackeray and the examination dates for higher and technical education will be declared on Friday at 1 pm”.
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