UP Board syllabus to be reduced amid coronavirus outbreak: Deputy CM Dinesh Sharma
Request to cancel final-year exams sent to govt, parents' association asks for promotion of students
Karnataka to conduct final semester exams; intermediate semester students to be promoted
West Bengal asks HRD Ministry to 're-examine' UGC guidelines for final year university exams
Final-year exams: Punjab CM seeks scrapping of university exams, UGC guidelines; will write to PM
DU Final Year Exams: Is there any scope for cancelling exams? UGC responds
Telangana cancels Intermediate 2nd year supplementary exams; all students declared passed
CBSE explains reasons behind dropping controversial chapters of Classes 9-12
Taking to Twitter, students are demanding cancellation of the final year exams using #SayNoToUGCGuidelines that emerged as the no. 1 trend on the micro-blogging site on Wednesday afternoon.
Two after his government decided to cancel examinations for undergraduate and postgraduate courses, Rajasthan Higher Education Minister Bhanwar Singh Bhati said they will look into the fresh UGC guidelines and take a decision after discussions at the “highest-level” in the state.
The Trump administration has modified immigration policy for foreign students studying in the United States amid COVID-19 pandemic. As per new visa policy, foreign students studying in the country will have to leave US or transfer to another college if their universities offer only online courses.
After a long wait, the Universities Grants Commission (UGC) has released a fresh set of revised guidelines on examinations.
From writing an open letter to the varsity to storming the social media using #BPUTStopKaroNa, students of Odisha's Biju Patnaik University of Technology are pulling out all the stops to make sure the tide turns in their favour.
"When will UGC issue new guidelines," social media is abuzz with this question as students yearn for clarity on their examinations. While some states have decided against the holding of exams, uncertainty is looming large over others as the University Grants Commission is yet to issue an official communication in this regard.
Raising students' concerns, the India Wide Parents Association wrote to Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and pointed out reasons why the open book online examinations must be cancelled.
The open-book online examinations for Delhi University students kickstarted today, however, with a number of roadblocks. From technical failures to "incorrect" question papers, students reported umpteen issues.
Giving a breather to lakhs of CA students, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) Friday cancelled Chartered Accountancy examinations scheduled for July. The institute said the exams would now be merged with November exams.
Heeding to the demands of lakhs of students, HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Friday postponed JEE Main, JEE Advanced and NEET examinations as the coronavirus cases in the country continued unabated. Announcing the decision on Twitter, the minister also declared new dates for the three examinations.
In a huge relief for lakhs of students, HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Friday announced that JEE Main and NEET 2020 entrance exams will "possibly" be postponed due to coronavirus situation in the country.
Will JEE Main, NEET exams be postponed or not? This is the very question swarming over the minds of lakhs of aspirants of the key medical and engineering entrances which are held by the National Testing Agency (NTA). Read on to know when an announcement will be made by HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank.
JEE Main, NEET 2020: The HRD Ministry on Thursday said a committee has been formed to review the current situation with respect to the postponement of JEE Mains and NEET 2020 exams. Taking to Twitter, HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal said the committee will submit its recommendations to the HRD Ministry latest by tomorrow.
ICAI CA Exam 2020: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) on June 15 announced opt-out facility for aspirants from the July session and appear for the November session. However, students staged a protest and a petition was filed in the Supreme Court challenging the ICAI's decision.
ICAI CA November Exam 2020: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has extended the ICAI CA November exams registration date for foundation course till August 31, 2020, due to the coronavirus outbreak.
The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) has decided to cancel Class 12 examinations for students with special needs. They will be exempted from giving the tests in view of the COVID-19 crisis. The students will now be assessed on the basis of their project work and Question Answer Based Assessment (QABA).
The Odisha government has cancelled Class 12 exams for pending subjects due to the spread of COVID-19 in the state. These exams are conducted by the Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE).
NEET 2020 exams: A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court for NEET candidates in Middle East countries. The plea by parents of the NEET students in these countries has sought directions to government to set up examination centres in Middle East countries or postpone examination in view of COVID-19.
The Gujarat government has postponed GTU Exams. The Gujarat Technological University was scheduled to conduct exams from Thursday. Students had long been demanding the postponement of GTU exams amid the increasing coronavirus cases in the state.
Thousands of aspirants took a sigh of relief on Tuesday after the Telangana government announced the postponement of all the Common Entrance Examinations (CETs) for admission to various professional courses in the state. The decision to postpone the TS EAMCET came in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, and after the CBSE Board and the ICSE Board announced the cancellation of Class 10 and Class 12 board exams. However, uncertainty over the postponement of JEE Main and NEET 2020 still continues.
The Union Public Service Commission has allowed candidates to submit their requests for change of exam center. Candidates preparing for the UPSC Prelims 2020 and Main exams should note that the Commission has decided to give an opportunity to submit your revised choice of Centre, in the wake of coronavirus pandemic. Besides above, the option to change the exam centers for the Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2020 and the Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination, 2020 is also being made available to the candidates.
Most hullabaloo surrounds JEE Main and NEET Exams 2020, the two major entrances scheduled to be held in July. Citing concerns raised by the students, the India Wide Parents Association today wrote to the government and requested for the postponement of both JEE Main and NEET exams.
JEE Main, NEET 2020: JEE Main and NEET 2020 aspirants had already taken to social media and had raised concerns over the JEE Main and NEET exams amid the coronavirus pandemic. However, HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal is still to give a final word on the postponement of exams.
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