NU summer-2021 exams in 8 phases from June 15

Nagpur: Nagpur University declared its much-awaited schedule of summer 2021 examinations which were inordinately delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic-induced lockdowns. It has also extended the last date of exam form filling, from May 29 to June 7, following complaints by students and college managements. Even the deadline for colleges to submit these forms in NU has been extended till June 10.
A majority of students were unable to fill up the online forms and due to lockdown and curfew-like situations. They couldn’t go to their campuses for completion of formalities. NU officials, however, stated that colleges want to recover tuition and other fees from students and it was the reason they weren’t allowing them to fill up the exam forms.
As per the summer exam schedule released by the Board of Examination and Evaluation (BOEE) director Prafulla Sable, 988 exams, including theory, practical and viva-voce would be conducted in over a three and half months period from June 15 to September 26. All papers would be held online through a web-based link.
In the first phase, practical exams of final year/semester undergraduate courses would commence from June 15 while the theory would begin from June 29.
In the second and third phase, practical exams for final year/semester postgraduate programmes along with one year certificate, diploma and PG diploma would start from July 12 while the theory papers would be held from July 19.
The last phase of the PG first year/second semester papers would commence from September 13 with practical exams and the end of September 25 with theory papers. The theory/practical exams of all odd UG and PG semesters would be held after the completion of winter-2020 exams. As per the notification, the university would be declaring the schedule of the education faculty later.
Sable once again reiterated that colleges on not calling the students to campuses for filling up forms considering the pandemic situation and advised them to use online technology.
A section of students had demanded cancellation of exams and sought promotion to the next semester like last year citing the pandemic situation where many of them had contracted the deadly disease. Some of them had also lost either one or both parents or their close relatives to the contagious virus. However, the exam director had already rejected their request, clarifying that the students would suffer losses.
Earlier this week, TOI had reported how students ran a campaign on Twitter under the hashtag #rtmnu_to get the exams cancelled.
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF SUMMER EXAMS
Phase—Course — Practical — Theory — Exam No.
1—UG final yr/sem —June 15-26—June 29-July 16 —49
2—PG final yr/sem —July 12-17—July 19-24 —102
3—Cert/dip/PG dip—July 12-17—July 19-24 —62
4—UG&PG pre-final yr/sem— July 12-24— July 26-Aug 21 —83
5— PG final yr project & MPhil* —July 31-Aug 14— Aug 24-28 —49
6—UG 1st yr/2nd sem (Non-prof) —Aug 1-10— Aug 12-31 — 33
7—UG 1st yr/2nd sem (Prof) —Aug 23-31—Sept 1-11 —17
8—PG 1st yr/2nd sem— Sept 13-18—Sept 20-25 —90
Theory/Practical all odd sem UG/PG— At college level after winter exams — 485
Total summer exams — 988
* Submission on July 31 & viva voce on August 14, MPhil theory on August 24-28