21,000 to take GU’s pen & paper examination

Ahmedabad: Gujarat University will hold the first phase of the annual college exams from Thursday in which 21,008 candidates are expected to participate.
The varsity, which has more than 350 colleges affiliated to it, will conduct the exams across 102 centres in the state. Of these, 46 are in Ahmedabad and 22 exam centres are in Gandhinagar and Viramgam districts.
For postgraduate courses including MA fourth semester, LLB (2,4,6 semester), LLM (1, 3 semester) and MCom fourth semester students, the exams are to be held from September 3.
A total of 1,759 regular students have enrolled for the MA terminal semester exam and 1,043 students have registered for the MA final semester exam as external candidates. Similarly 5,038 regular students are expected to take the MCom semester four exam and 4,085 as external students for the M.Com final semester exam.
Members of NSUI held demonstrations and raised slogans at the university campus on Wednesday, demanding the authorities make proper arrangement for protecting the health and safety of students.
Gujarat University will conduct exams for arts, commerce, science and law students in two phases from September 3 and September 12.
About 70,000 students in various GU affiliated colleges are expected to take this offline (pen and paper) format exams that are to end on September 20.
The university will hold exams separately for students who have applied for online exams. Their dates are yet to be announced.
Candidates pursuing their undergraduate studies like BCom, BA, BSc, BBA, BCA, will participate in the second round of offline exams starting September 12.
Last month, GU had announced deferring the pen-and-paper mode for the annual undergraduate and postgraduate exams. The exams, which were to be held at various centres across 13 districts, were slated to begin from August 21 and August 31. The announcement was made after the Gujarat government announced state-specific guidelines for Unlock 3.0. The guidelines said that schools, colleges, and other educational institutions must remain closed till August 31.