The Tamil Nadu government has cancelled the semester exams of university and college students except the final ones. The government has decided to promote all students, except those in the final year, without holding any exams due to the COVID-19 crisis.
Consequently, first year and second year exams for undergraduate courses and first year exam for postgraduate courses have been cancelled. These students will be promoted to the next year directly.
#COVID19 தொற்று பரவல் காரணமாக தமிழகத்தில் உள்ள கல்லூரி மாணவர்களுக்கு தேர்வுகள் ரத்து செய்யப்பட்டு அனைவரும் தேர்ச்சி அடைந்ததாக அறிவிக்க தமிழக முதல்வர் உத்தரவிட்டுள்ளார்.#IndiaFightsCorona@TNGOVDIPR
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The students will be given marks according to academic guidelines released by the University Grants Commission (UGC) and the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) recently.
UGC has asked universities to compulsorily conduct final year or final semester exams as, it says, "performance in examinations contributes to merit, lifelong credibility, wider global acceptability for admissions, scholarships, awards, placements, and better future prospects. "
It has asked universities to give the status of holding the exam. As on July 18, 366 universities have confirmed the UGC that they are planning to conduct examination (on-line/off-line/blended mode) in August/September.
Exams in 194 universities have already been done.
More than 200 universities are yet to confirm the UGC the status of conducting exams.
