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Centre orders postponement of all offline exams scheduled for May
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The online examinations may continue: Ministry of Human Resource and Development
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The online examinations may continue: Ministry of Human Resource and Development The Union government on Monday instructed all centrally funded institutions to postpone all offline exams scheduled in May.
“In the context of existing situation, I urge all the heads of Centrally Funded Institutions to postpone the offline examinations scheduled in the month of May 2021. The online examinations may however continue,” wrote Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource and Development, Amit Khare, in a letter to all Vice-Chancellors.
Centre asks IITs, NITs, IIITs, CUs to postpone all offline exams scheduled in May
In a letter to all centre-funded educational institutions, Higher Education Secretary Amit Khare urged to delay the offline examinations in May. He further clarified that online examinations may continue
BusinessToday.In | May 3, 2021 | Updated 21:58 IST
The Union Education Ministry has asked all centrally-funded educational institutions to postpone their offline examinations scheduled for May. The decision is likely to affect entrance examinations that were to be conducted for admissions to IITs, NITs, IIITs and central universities (CUs).
In a letter to all such educational institutions, Higher Education Secretary Amit Khare urged to delay the offline examinations in May. He further clarified that online examinations may continue as planned.
Postpone all offline exams scheduled in May: Govt to centrally-funded institutions
Due to second COVID wave, the Ministry of Education asked the heads of centrally funded institutions to postpone all offline exams scheduled in May.
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Updated: May 3, 2021, 09:40 PM IST
Due to the second wave of COVID-19, the Ministry of Education on Monday asked all the heads of centrally funded institutions to postpone all offline examinations scheduled in the month of May. Such institutions include all IITs, NITs, IIITs and central universities.
In a letter addressed to all the heads of centrally funded institutions, Secretary, Higher Education Amit Khare has urged the institutions to postpone all offline examinations scheduled in the month of May 2021. The online examinations may however continue, he said.
In the view of second wave of the COVID-19, the SSC and Intermediate students from Telangana have started an online petition demanding cancellation of the board examinations.