UGC Sticks on Final-year examination

HOW CAN UNIVERSITIES GRANT DEGREE WITHOUT CONDUCTING EXAMS?

              UGC has been facing students protests following its 6 July directive that Final-year exams have to be held despite Covid-19, in a made of University's choice that how Universities will conducting exams in which manner such as online exams yet open book test.

             The Universities Grants Commission (UGC) is firm on its decision that educational institutions hold Final-year exams despite students and parent's Concerns about the prevailing Covid-19 pandemic.

             The UGC says very clear to all the universities that the exams will have to complete of the 

Final-year student's ,wheather they do it through online mode and online,etc it depend upon universities that how will universities conduting the final-year examinations 

"UGC vice-chairman bhushan patwardhan told to the print when asked about regarding the idea that "without examination, how can the universites grant a degree?

on 6 july, the UGC had issued revised guidelines for higher education institution,directing mandatory final-year exams across all universities.

The directive has led to much opposition among students and it was challenged in the supreme court earlier this week.

UGC cities top universities like MIT, Cambridge to justify the decision to hold final-year exams.

"Don't undermine autonomy of universities"

Defending the UGC's orders, patwardhan said they don't undermine the autonomy of universities and do not force them to adopt a specific mode for evalution. "universities can do the evalution the way they want to the guidelines are not imposing on them, he added.

he said nearly 75 percent to the universities have either conducted their final exam or are in the 

process of doing so, only a very small position of universities are still undecided.

According to the later data shared by UGC, In India have either conducted final-year examinations or are planning to do so by september.