Nagpur: In a big relief for students, Maharashtra education minister Uday Samant on Friday stressed that the university examinations should be held online till the Covid-19 pandemic is over. After 99% results in Nagpur University online exams conducted through mobile app, students were demanding the same mode for solving the papers.
Quoting Nagpur University vice-chancellor Subhash Chaudhari and other Management Council members, Samant announced that NU would be conducting forthcoming winter exams in online mode only. Earlier, it was decided to conduct the papers in both online and offline mode, as reported by TOI on Thursday.
Interacting with the media on sidelines of his janata darbar, the minister further declared that his ministry would be making efforts to fill up teaching and non-teaching posts in all state universities after considering its financial implications and consulting chief minister Uddhav Thackeray and deputy CM Ajit Pawar.