University Grant Commission stand on University

This pandemic has changed the way we live. It has changed the working of every sector from manufacturing to the education sector. For the education sector, the Central board of secondary education put a hold on the examination and thus it led to the delay in it’s procedure. It has caused a lot of problems for the students especially for students of Class XIIth. It has delayed the admission in colleges. The same situation is faced by higher education. The University Grant Commission took the stand and started to conduct online examinations for Undergraduates and Postgraduate courses For students in the final year. Students in first and second were promoted to next year.

The new scholarly meeting for freshers may start in colleges from September and for as of now selected understudies in August in the wake of the COVID-19 episode in the nation, the University Grants Commission (UGC) told colleges on Wednesday.

Specifying the rules for assessments and scholarly schedule for the colleges taking into account the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing lockdown, the commission said the tests for definite semester understudies be led in July.

“Halfway understudies will be evaluated dependent on an inside appraisal of the present and past semester. In states where the COVID-19 circumstance has standardized, there will be tests in the long stretch of July. For terminal semester understudies, tests will be held in July,” the UGC said.

“Colleges may follow a six-day week example and devise proforma to record travel or stay a history of staff and understudies for the lockdown time frame. Augmentation of a half year will be allowed to MPhil, Ph.D. understudies and viva-voice be led through video meeting,” it included.

The commission explained that the rules are warning in nature and varsities may chalk out their own arrangement mulling over issues relating to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Subsequent to accepting a few questions from conclusive year college understudies and guardians about the tests planned for July 2020, the state serve for higher and specialized training, Uday Samant on Tuesday declared that he has kept in touch with the University Grants Commission (UGC) to drop the tests.

In a letter routed to the UGC, Samant has featured that because of the current circumstance of expanding Covid-19 cases, it will be outlandish for the state government to direct assessments for lakhs of understudies soon.

This move comes under ten days after Samant declared that all college understudies aside from definite year understudies will be elevated to the following scholarly year, while last year understudies should show up for tests in July.

“The lockdown has been reached out for the fourth time in Maharashtra and there is an expansion in the day by day check of COVID-19 cases. In such a circumstance, we can’t put wellbeing and lives of eight-10 lakh youthful understudies in danger by directing assessments,” said Uday Samant in a Facebook live meeting on Tuesday evening. He included that the state government took this choice remembering the wellbeing of understudies. “Bureau serve Aditya Thackeray has additionally recently featured this issue and an individual from Yuva Sena has just moved toward the UGC with comparative concerns. We trust the UGC comprehends our scrape,” said Samant.

He included that the state government will trust that several days will get notification from the commission. In the meantime, senior pastors and instruction authorities alongside heads of state colleges will meet to examine the strategy. “By advancing all understudies, we guarantee the UGC that advancement will be founded on a suitable degree recipe and by guaranteeing that no understudy is at a misfortune,” said Samant.

He further featured that while last year tests could stay away from, until further notice, it will be hard to drop placement tests for proficient courses. “We intend to direct the normal passageway test (CET) over a time of days in July. All social removing standards will be followed, guaranteeing the security of all 5.24 lakh enrolled understudies. We will likewise give understudies the alternative of picking a test place nearer home to evade travel,” said Samant. He included that a call this will be taken later on the off chance that the lockdown circumstance doesn’t change.

He further expressed that a gathering of top training authorities will happen throughout the following two days to settle on the future strategy for the state instruction office.

Further to understand what actually is happening we’ll take the example of Maharashtra.

What actual steps were taken to help out the students in Maharashtra during this pandemic?

The Maharashtra government has chosen to drop last year’s assessments of colleges and college partners, boss priest Uddhav Thackeray declared on Sunday. The understudies will be given a normal imprint dependent on their past assessment results.

Prior in a day, Thackeray led a gathering with bad habit chancellors of colleges to counsel about the assessments of conclusive year understudies. Thackeray in his state address on Sunday evening said that they need to offer help to more than eight lakh understudies of definite year graduations in Maharashtra by dropping their tests and giving normal imprints ascertaining the past characteristics of past semesters.

“Today, we are not in a situation to direct the tests and in the future when it will happen that we are not additionally sure. The new scholastic year is beginning so we don’t understudies miss their further training and professional opportunity. Those understudies are not content with the characteristic of last semester they can answer to redesign their imprint once the circumstance is typical,” the central clergyman said.

Maharashtra government has effectively dropped the first and second-year tests. College Grand Commission had requested to direct the test in July yet the circumstance in Maharashtra, especially in Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur belt, is basic. Every one of these districts falls under the red zone, thus directing tests doesn’t appear to be reasonable.

Thackeray said that they are focused on restarting the new scholarly year that will be either virtual or real by following the social separating standards. Prior to the Maharashtra higher and specialized instruction serve Uday Samant had composed UGC to drop the last year tests and grant the normal imprints based on past semesters result. Maharashtra representative Bhagat Singh Koshyari had taken the complaint and even kept in touch with boss clergymen Thackeray by whining against the priest for his remain of dropping tests.

The decision Shiv Sena in Maharashtra on Monday hit out at Governor BS Koshyari for being supportive of directing last year college tests in the state, and said soundness of understudies can’t be put in danger in the midst of the COVID-19 emergency.

A publication in Shiv Sena mouthpiece ”Saamana” said when the RSS-sponsored Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) has just contradicted holding tests in Gujarat and Goa in the current situation, for what reason is Mr Koshyari’s interest as opposed to it.

“Is it on the grounds that the RSS-sponsored BJP isn’t in power in Maharashtra?” the Marathi every day inquired.

Mr Koshyari, who is the chancellor of colleges in Maharashtra, a week ago asked Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to determine the issue of lead of definite year college tests in the state “immediately in the bigger enthusiasm of understudies”.

In a letter to Chief Minister, Mr Koshyari said “not leading the last year assessments by colleges adds up to penetrate of the University Grants Commission (UGC) rules”.

The representative likewise took solid issue with a letter composed by state Higher and Technical Education Minister Uday Samant to UGC, suggesting undoing of conclusive year tests.

Mr Koshyari requested that Mr Thackeray issue appropriate directions to Mr Samant for his “baseless mediation”. Protecting Mr Samant, the Sena said the pastor had communicated his conclusion about the assessments, yet Mr Koshyari’s stand is to feel free to lead the tests.

“The RSS-upheld understudies’ wing ABVP has just restricted holding tests in the current time frame in Gujarat and Goa. At that point, why Koshyari’s interest is in unmistakable agreement with ABVP. Is it on the grounds that the RSS-supported BJP isn’t in power in Maharashtra?” the Uddhav Thackeray-drove party pondered.

It’s not easy to just make any statement or any step in the education sector because this is one the most important sectors where the decisions are made in order to decide the future of this country. Gradual steps are taken by keeping in mind the situation. However, the class of 2020 is right now facing a lot of problems like job opportunities, work from home and lots more. We all know that this is a difficult time and this time we need to stand together to help each other. Hope for a better future and everything will be as it was earlier.

References

  1. Maharashtra governors over stand on university exams: https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/coronavirus-shiv-sena-slams-maharashtra-governor-bs-koshyari-over-stand-on-university-exams-2234706
  2. Introduce MCQ pattern and reduce time: UGC https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/introduce-mcq-pattern-reduce-exam-hours-ugc/articleshow/75783574.cms
  3. Ugc issued guidelines on online examinations:https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/ugc-issues-guidelines-for-university-exams-says-final-semester-be-conducted-in-july/story-77fYaHW2PyZiWpExmIMNFL.html

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