NUML Islamabad announces online exams in response to students' protests
Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The end-of-the-semester exams at the National University of Modern Languages (NUML) would be conducted online, the varsity's media official confirmed on Thursday.
In a notification shared on Twitter, the NUML Islamabad's Public Relations Officer (PRO) said the decision was taken "in pursuance of the government instructions and HEC [Higher Education Commission] guidelines".
"It is hereby notified that end-term exams of Fall 2020 semester will be conducted" in two stages, the notification read, adding that there would be an online exam of 30 marks and a 20-mark viva, with the schedule for the latter to "be issued by the concerned departments".