Rajasthan UG, PG exams cancelled, students to be promoted
The state government has decided to promote students to the successive class without examinations.
JAIPUR: In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Rajasthan government on Saturday, July 4, decided to cancel all graduation and Postgraduation examination for all the colleges, universities and technical education institutes for the academic year 2019-20.
The state government has decided to promote students to the successive class without examinations.
"The process to determine marks of the students and the promotion to the next class will be decided after examining the guidelines which will be issued by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD)," the state government said.
The decision is applicable to both private and public institutes. As per MHRD survey report - All India Survey on Higher Education 2019, the decision would affect 14.97 lakh students enrolled in higher educational institutes including 4.29 lakh in government ones.
The announcement came after a weeklong protest by student groups demanding cancellation of exams. Student groups, including NSUI and ABVP, had taken to the social media demanding cancellation of college/university exams and promotion to next classes along with fee waiver for upcoming academic session. #Jitega Chatra, Jitega Rajasthan initiated by Rajasthan NSUI was trending on Twitter jointly contributed by students, NSUI and ABVP activists.
Rajasthan reported 480 infections, its highest single-day spike in COVID-19 cases so far, on Saturday, taking the virus count to 19,532 in the state, according to an official report.
Seven more people died due to the infection in the state, raising the death toll to 447, the report said.
The state government has decided to promote students to the successive class without examinations.
"The process to determine marks of the students and the promotion to the next class will be decided after examining the guidelines which will be issued by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD)," the state government said.
राज्य सरकार ने कोरोना महामारी के संक्रमण की स्थिति के मद्देनजर इस वर्ष प्रदेश के सभी विश्वविद्यालयों, महाविद्यालयों… https://t.co/AfseP48O0C
— Ashok Gehlot (@ashokgehlot51) 1593882685000The decision is applicable to both private and public institutes. As per MHRD survey report - All India Survey on Higher Education 2019, the decision would affect 14.97 lakh students enrolled in higher educational institutes including 4.29 lakh in government ones.
The announcement came after a weeklong protest by student groups demanding cancellation of exams. Student groups, including NSUI and ABVP, had taken to the social media demanding cancellation of college/university exams and promotion to next classes along with fee waiver for upcoming academic session. #Jitega Chatra, Jitega Rajasthan initiated by Rajasthan NSUI was trending on Twitter jointly contributed by students, NSUI and ABVP activists.
Rajasthan reported 480 infections, its highest single-day spike in COVID-19 cases so far, on Saturday, taking the virus count to 19,532 in the state, according to an official report.
Seven more people died due to the infection in the state, raising the death toll to 447, the report said.
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