Principals want new degree colleges to reopen only in Oct
College principals have recommended pushing the start of the next academic
session (2020-21) for degree colleges to October-November, instead of June this
year, after the Covid-19 outbreak disrupted the academic calendar. The
Association of Non-Government Colleges (ANGC), in a letter to the governor and
the higher education minister, said that it will allow teachers to complete
classes and conduct exams for the current term (2019-20) comfortably. To avoid
confusion and uncertainty among students and parents, the principals have made
an appeal to the government to take a careful decision regarding the academic
calendar.
Many claimed that not conducting the examinations and directly promoting
students may have an adverse impact on the job prospects of final-year
students.
“There was a year, when final-year
students from a public university in the state were promoted under unusual
circumstances. That batch of students failed to make a mark in the industry.
Therefore, not conducting exams may not be advisable, instead, we can postpone
the term to June. Complete classes, conduct exams and then start the new
session in October-November," said TA Shiware, chairman, ANGC.
Many colleges under the university
have already completed exams for first and second year students. The remaining
exams can be conducted in August-September, as the university will need around
three months to conduct all 750 exams and announce results.
The ANGC also said that admissions
to professional colleges are likely to be affected too as a few HSC and MHTCET
exams were postponed.
The delay, will anyway, have an
impact on the beginning of the academic term.
Such an arrangement, however,
should be made only for one year (2020-21) and the government can later plan to
hold only an annual exam, said Shiware.
The governor, also the chancellor
of public universities, will hold a meeting on Tuesday to chalk out a plan.
Source |
Times of India | 7th April 2020
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