Allahabad: Owing to the spike in corona virus cases, the University of Allahabad has decided to postpone the end-term exams for students this semester across the state of Uttar Pradesh.
The new examination schedule will be announced by the university soon. Earlier, the semester exams for all the varsity students were set to commence on April 3.As per the statement issued by Allahabad University, the students of the second year of undergraduate course and intermediate semester of postgraduate and professional courses will be promoted to the higher class or semester without exams.
The decisions regarding the semester exams at Allahabad University were taken on May 4, chaired by the university Vice-Chancellor Rajiv Ranjan Tewari. The new dates of the semester exams will be released in due time on the official website of the university.
The Allahabad University administration has decided to declare summer vacations in all the affiliated colleges till July 5. All classes will remain suspended during this time, as per the university.Earlier, the summer vacations of the university were to begin from May 15 but were preponed after the Covid-19 situation in the state became worse.
The vacations were also preponed keeping in mind the current lockdown in Uttar Pradesh.The official statement by Allahabad University reads, “Summer vacations of the university preponed.
In an online meeting of the Vice-Chancellors with all the Deans, it was decided to prepone the summer vacations from the scheduled May 15. The rescheduled vacation will start from 4th and reopen on July 5, 2021.”
During the period of summer vacation, the campuses of all affiliated colleges will remain closed for students, faculty, and staff members. During this time, the online classes and academic activities will also remain suspended, and will only resume after the vacations.
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