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. Share 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.