AURANGABAD: Responding to the stricter Covid-related curbs, the
Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) has postponed its examinations till June 2.
Making a formal announcement, Maharashtra medical education minister Amit Deshmukh on Thursday said the examinations concerned — earlier scheduled to start from April 17 — have now been deferred considering the safety of students and society at large.
“The examinations have been deferred after holding discussions with chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar and health minister Rajesh Tope among other senior leaders. All candidates are requested to follow the revised time-table and ensure that their preparations are not affected,” he said,while addressing reporters in Latur, around 260km from here.
As per the revised schedule, the summer examinations under the third phase for first, second and third-year students are now scheduled between June 2 and June 21. Moreover, the examination for the new supplementary syllabus of first-year students of the medical science stream will be held from June 2 to June 12. The state health university will conduct the examinations for the certificate course in modern pharmacology between June 3 and June 5, whereas the examinations for modern mid-level service provider courses are scheduled to take place from June 2 to June 4.
MUHS controller of examination Ajit Pathak said students should not trust any rumour or unofficial message circulating on social media.
“The revised time-table for different examinations is available on the official website www.muhs.ac.in . All students, parents, affiliated colleges, heads of examination centers among other stakeholders are requested to follow the same,” he said.
A total of 40,661 candidates had registered for different examinations of MUHS, the Nashik-based state health university that has 406 affiliated colleges and institutes across Maharashtra.