Maharashtra universities, colleges gear up for July exams
Mumbai officials yet to get directions for NEET, JEE
Image used for representational purpose onlyMUMBAI: With the stage set for July exams, colleges and universities are gearing up to open their premises for students with social distancing measures in place.
Final year students in the state are slated to appear for university exams from July 1-30. The union ministry of human resource development (MHRD) has also indicated that it will hold the remaining papers of class 12 CBSE board from July 1-15. The prestigious medical and engineering entrances NEET and JEE-Mains will also be held on July 26 and July 18-23, respectively. The state common entrance test (CET) will also be conducting its competitive tests for various professional course in July.
"We are preparing an action plan. Reducing the number of students, allotting one bench per student, diving them in batches are some of the ideas the varsity is mulling. We also have to think about how to maintain social distance in hostels when the students come back," a varsity official told Mirror.
Autonomous colleges which conduct their own exams also have to follow the Mumbai University guidelines. Jai Hind College has planned a trial run of teachers and staff sitting in a class to plan the layout of seating arrangement.
"It's either one student per bench in a zig-zag manner or one every alternate bench. We will do an actual demo after the lockdown is relaxed. Or we can visualise the classroom setting. We have students from all over the country. It's a huge challenge to consider how they will travel back to the city and how we can call our students in batches for exams," Principal Ashok Wadia told Mirror.
As for NEET and JEE, Mumbai officials have not yet received any directions from the National Testing Agency. "The Powai centre for JEE has almost 2,000 students appearing for the exam every day. We do not know if more centres will be created, but that would mean getting extra staff,"a school principal pointed out.
Meanwhile, facing a lot of flak from students for his decision to hold terminal exams of final-year students, Uday Samant, state's minister for higher and technical education, sought to reach them through a live session on social media on Monday.
Samant said while the state had decided to hold the exams, Yuva Sena had appealed to UGC seeking cancellation of these exams.
"Do not think negatively. Think positively and constructively in this trying time. Utilise this time to study," he told students.
The department will take a review of the situation on June 20 and announce its next decision.
Final year students in the state are slated to appear for university exams from July 1-30. The union ministry of human resource development (MHRD) has also indicated that it will hold the remaining papers of class 12 CBSE board from July 1-15. The prestigious medical and engineering entrances NEET and JEE-Mains will also be held on July 26 and July 18-23, respectively. The state common entrance test (CET) will also be conducting its competitive tests for various professional course in July.
"We are preparing an action plan. Reducing the number of students, allotting one bench per student, diving them in batches are some of the ideas the varsity is mulling. We also have to think about how to maintain social distance in hostels when the students come back," a varsity official told Mirror.
Autonomous colleges which conduct their own exams also have to follow the Mumbai University guidelines. Jai Hind College has planned a trial run of teachers and staff sitting in a class to plan the layout of seating arrangement.
"It's either one student per bench in a zig-zag manner or one every alternate bench. We will do an actual demo after the lockdown is relaxed. Or we can visualise the classroom setting. We have students from all over the country. It's a huge challenge to consider how they will travel back to the city and how we can call our students in batches for exams," Principal Ashok Wadia told Mirror.
As for NEET and JEE, Mumbai officials have not yet received any directions from the National Testing Agency. "The Powai centre for JEE has almost 2,000 students appearing for the exam every day. We do not know if more centres will be created, but that would mean getting extra staff,"a school principal pointed out.
Meanwhile, facing a lot of flak from students for his decision to hold terminal exams of final-year students, Uday Samant, state's minister for higher and technical education, sought to reach them through a live session on social media on Monday.
Samant said while the state had decided to hold the exams, Yuva Sena had appealed to UGC seeking cancellation of these exams.
"Do not think negatively. Think positively and constructively in this trying time. Utilise this time to study," he told students.
The department will take a review of the situation on June 20 and announce its next decision.
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