No intermediate semesters for UG, PG students: Odisha to universities

BHUBANESWAR: The state higher education department on Saturday issued an order asking all state-run universities and colleges not to hold the undergraduate intermediate second and fourth semester examinations and the postgraduate second semester examinations in the 2019-20 academic session.
In its order, department secretary Saswat Mishra has directed the universities and colleges to decide on an alternative method to evaluate students (as per examination regulations) and automatically promote them to the next batch.
The order, however, maintained that the intermediate semesters for students with back papers would be held as usual. In case of students having a maximum of two back papers in the sixth semesters, the respective universities or colleges will decide on the evaluation method.
“The results of such students shall be declared along with the results of other regular students appearing for the sixth semester. However, if any student has more than two back papers, then he or she has to appear for regular examinations as and when conducted,” the order of the higher education department maintained.
Similarly for the PG students, the department has cancelled the second semester examination and has asked the respective higher education institutions to decide on an alternative method to evaluate the performances of the students. The back paper examinations for the PG students, however, will be held on the dates fixed by the respective institutions.