New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) is firm on its decision that educational institutions hold final-year exams despite students’ and parents’ concerns about the prevailing Covid-19 pandemic.
“The UGC stand is very clear, universities will have to complete the final exam, whether they do it through online mode, offline or blended mode, it’s up to them,” UGC vice-chairman Bhushan Patwardhan told ThePrint when asked about the misgivings regarding the idea. “Without examination, how can the universities grant a degree?”
On 6 July, the UGC had issued revised guidelines for higher education institutions, directing mandatory final-year exams across all universities. The directive has led to much opposition among students, and it was also challenged in the Supreme Court earlier this week.
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‘Don’t undermine autonomy of universities’
Defending the UGC’s orders, Patwardhan said they don’t undermine the autonomy of universities and do not force them to adopt a specific mode for evaluation. “Universities can do the evaluation the way they want to, the guidelines are not imposing on them,” he added.
He said nearly 75 per cent of the universities have either conducted their final exams or are in the process of doing so, adding that only a very small portion of universities are still undecided.
According to latest data shared by UGC, as of 22 July, 603 of 954 universities in India have either conducted final-year examinations or are planning to do so by September.
The UGC had asked all state, central and private universities to inform them about the status of exams, and 818 had submitted their responses by 22 July.
Some states, including Maharashtra, have decided to not hold formal exams despite the UGC guidelines. However, the Maharashtra order was challenged in the Bombay High Court by a retired teacher. In its affidavit to the court, the UGC had subsequently said the state government has no power to cancel the exam.
The UGC said “its guidelines have to be adopted by all education institutions”. The matter will now be heard on 31 July.
A similar decision has been taken in Delhi.
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FACTS
• in India grades are more important than knowledge
• everything is corrupted
• if you have money you can pass
• UGC is doing business here playing with student’s future
• INDIA has the WORST education system here seats are reserved in the name of CASTE and not for deserving students
• my honest appeal to all the intellectuals there THINK & REBUILD India’s pride now ACT NOW& REMOVE reservation system and give chance to the DESERVING
• To all the teachers and professors Treat every students EQUALLY do not show PARTIALITY
• lastly I hope every University will take necessary actions to promote students .
Doctors are dying nurses are dying PROMOTE every individual and see the difference!! Suicide rate and depression amongst students will be drastically low if you promote 🙂 thank you from Sikkim India
What the hell is ugc thinking ?? How could they order universities after wasting this much of time to conduct exams.really,what type of idiots are there in our Indian education system, ducation
I want to ask question straighly to ugc members of education system.who are ordering to conduct exams after wasting this much time of this year 2020.sir,is education is important/life is important.where ever you go to find/get employeed by the company they see your talent not based on your degree/certificates.you need to re-think about your decision,of putting every student’s life in danger at this kind of pandemic situation of daily raising of 1000+ cases.how could you raise a word of exams that too for final year’s.what kind of judgement is this ?? There is no vaccine/anything we do have at this condition.there are no proper services,accomodates/transport sources & now we’re suffering with financial problems.to get out of this situations.you need to pass-out all students of final year’s.to get balanced b/w every middle class/lower class families.its not correct decision what you have taken!!#.if one student involved with these disease then the whole nation would be turned into dead of every person.you also know that India is now in 3rd place & soon it will hit 1st place in covid19 cases all over world.please stop thinking this type of idiotic ways ugc.think about future not exams/waste full thoughts.??#
bruh superb valued point
I being post graduate student don’t know what kind of logic is going around in conducting exams only for the final years and not for other semesters. We all know that the weight of each and every semester is same, which points out that cancelation of 2nd semester or final semester exams doesn’t create any differences. UGC is also suggesting to conduct exams on different modes like online, offline, etc. I myself live in a rural area of small a district where getting a network is next to impossible, which indeed offers less possibility of attending the exam. Also the college in which I am studying right now, is around 6 hours away from my place. There is no assurance of getting a proper residence at this point of pandemic. This isn’t my only issue, I am sure there are lot more students who would be facing all these issues. Most of the students have left their study materials in their hostel as well.
Just trying to point out some valid reasons not to conduct exams. Not atleast at this point of pandemic
Please consider our request.
Even in some universities (like CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF PUNJAB,BATHINDA) they are conducting exams for INTERMEDIATE SEMESTERS (through online mode)as well. Instead of the fact that the students are suffering from network issues (like students from assam), and flood crisis . *UNIVERSITY HAS BEEN PRESSURISING STUDENTS WITHOUT HEARING ANY OF THE PLEA. A BIGGER FACT BEING, HERE THE EXAMS ARE BEING CONDUCTED AGAINST THE GUIDELINES OF UGC, WITH RESPECTED VC’s OWN FREE WILL* .
Actually it’s very simple for UGC to give certificates without exams. Because till now they were taking exams without
1. course completion
2. proper delivery of course materials
3. proper academicians to take classes for specified courses.
Well UGC should understand the basic fact here that we are not talking about top 10 universities of india but about those 100s universities where many courses have students but no faculty or no proper classes or no proper Laboratories. And with all these problems, UGC used to take exams and then UGC never asked that how we can take exams without these facilities. Then why today during panademic they are stuck with exams. Also it’s another sibling AICTE is at top, they have cancelled exams for graduation but masters exams will continue, it seems in the eye of AICTE, masters students are more covid19 proof than graduates..
DICTATORSHIP ugc
It’s really difficult tasks for the final semester students.There is no proper teaching learning process during covid-19 pandemic period.and we the B.ed students are needed proper guidance of teaching learning experience but we are not getting this process the how we can teach and give imparts our upcoming students. really it’s effect the students. in regarding the conduction of examination of terminal and intermediate semester are big challenge for students as well as institution and management team. therefore cancellations of examination is necessary.
UGC has to think about the students coz they are not the one who risk their life to write the exam, the main exam is to how to face out this pandemic situation. Rather than this, UGC is thinking about how they can grant a degree without examination.
Correct decision by UGC
I m student of final year of b. H. M .S from mpmsu jabalpur… N filled my form for exam.. Bt because of sudden Lockdown my books remained in hostel n I Ws at home.. UGC was not sure for exam.. Sudden order of exam n I filled form at 16 July bt have no preparation. I m not saying to cancel bt at least give 40 days for preparation after form fill up formality… Nw I m back at my home wd my books..bcz of lack of food at my hostel… Bt unable to prepare within short days 10 days only…i hv to go again college hostel to attend exam with improper studies from 6 August ….due to which I m in extreme level DEPRESSION thinks to end up my life as I m not ready for exam because of rumours of govt n UGC…. I m not saying that please don’t take exam… Just saying please give time for preparation because we r student not superman ….while writing all I m crying… I don’t know how I m going to perform in my exam in such less preparation…. I think RESPONSIBLe of UGC don’t have kids and heart.
I am heartily request to UGC and Universities to take fast action about an exams , pending of youths career it’s not good thing for country ,it can destroying globalization of country and back to decades to the nation ,
I think this pandemic never end cause hell is an empty and all the ? devills are here ? .this is concerning with UGC members and Governors and Government
ugc playing with student life … they making mad to student… the exam is much important more than student life for ugc… bluddy idiots …
Ugc has lost it. Ugc has made indian education worst,where they want students to do roat Learning and volmit in papers. They don’t believe in practical knowledge. If one yr they won’t conduct exam and pass every single student on previous performance it will be easy for them too. Ugc is no one to decide students future in its students hand how they want to. In abroad also there is no university who give importance to marks they see other factors as well apart from academic knowledge. Really shame on indian education system specially UGC