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UGC Guidelines on Examinations and Academic Calendar in view of COVID-l9 Pandemic




UGC Guidelines on Examinations and Academic Calendar

 

UGC issues new calendar for universities session (2019-20) and Session(2020-21 ).
UGC declare the Examination dates for UG and PG.
The UGC issued  new guidelines  on Wednesday, in which UGC declare the new academic of 2019-2020 and 2020-21 session. The new academic session for old students will commence from  August 1 while for the new students it will be September 1, 2020.The pending terminal and intermediate exams are to be conducted between July and August 2020.The admission for 2020-21 session will be conducted between August 1 to August 31,2020.These are the new
Guidelines on Examinations and Academic Calendar in view of COVID-19 for the Universities and colleges issued by the University Grants Commission.
The UGC declare all these Guidelines based on the recommendations of the Expert Committee.The guidelines are advisory in nature and each university may chart out its own plan of action taking into consideration the issues pertaining to COVID – 19 Pandemic.

ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2019-2020

The following calendar is suggested for the academic session 2019-2020:



Start of Even Semester
01.01.2020
Suspension of Classes
16.03.2020
Continuation of Teaching-Learning through various modes such as Online Learning  / Social Media (WhatsApp/YouTube) /E-mails / Video Conferencing /Mobile Apps  etc.
16.03.2020 to 31.05.2020
Finalisation of Dissertation/ Project Work/ E-labs/
Internship Reports/Completion of Syllabus/ Internal Assessment/ Assignment/
Students Placement Drive etc.
01.06.2020 to 15.06.2020
Summer Vacations #
16.06.2020 to 30.06.2020
Conduct of Examinations:
(i) Terminal Semester/ Year
(ii) Intermediate Semester/Year
01.07.2020 to 15.07.2020
16.07.2020 to 31.07.2020
Evaluation and Declaration of Result:
(i) Terminal Semester/ Year
(ii) Intermediate Semester/ Year
31.07.2020
14.08.2020
Some Important Points for Old Students:


  • ·       If situation so demands, the universities can have Summer Vacations for 30 days from 01-06-2020 to 30-06-2020.
  • ·       Admissions to the UG and PG programmes for the session 2020-21 may be completed by 31.08.2020.
  • ·       If necessity arises, provisional admissions may also be made and relevant documents of qualifying examination may be accepted up to30.09.2020.
  • ·       In case the situation does not appear to be normal in view of COVID-19,in order to maintain “social distancing”, safety and health of the students, grading of the students could be composite of 50% marks on the basis of the pattern of internal evaluation adopted by the universities and the remaining 50% marks can be awarded on the basis of performance in previous semester only (if available).
  • ·       In the situations where previous semester or previous year marks are not available,particularly in the first year of annual pattern of examinations, 100% evaluation
    may be done on the basis of internal assessments
    .
  • ·       The students should be informed well in advance (at least one week) about the conduct of examinations and other related activities.
  • ·       The universities may conduct the practical examinations and Viva-Voce Examinations through Skype or other meeting apps, and in case of intermediate semesters, the practical examinations may be conducted during the ensuing semesters.

Academic Session 2020-21


The Academic Session 2020-21 may commence from 01.8.2020 for old students and from 01.09.2020 for fresh students.
The following calendar is suggested for the academic session 2020-2021:
Admission Process
01.08.2020 to 31.08.2020
Commencement of Classes
i. Students of 2nd/ 3rd year
ii. Fresh batch (First Semester/Year)
01.08.2020
01.09.2020
Conduct of Examinations
01.01.2021 to 25.01.2021
Commencement of Classes for Even Semester
27.01.2021
Dispersal of Classes
25.05.2021
Conduct of Examinations
26.05.2021 to 25.06.2021
Summer Vacations
01.07.2021 to 30.07.2021
Commencement of Next Academic Session
02.08.2021


Some General Guidelines
1. All the universities may follow a 6-day week pattern to compensate the loss for the remaining session of 2019-20 and the next session 2020-21.
2. The universities should prepare e-content/e-lab experiments and upload the same on their websites.
3. In view of the importance of “social distancing”, universities may take necessary steps to ensure that the students are given exposure to laboratory assignments/ practical experiments through virtual laboratories, sharing of the recorded visuals
of laboratory work and digital resources available for the purpose.
4. Every institute should develop virtual classroom and video conferencing facility and all teaching staff should be trained with the use of the technology.
5. The universities should strengthen the mechanism of mentor-mentee counseling through a dedicated portal on university website to impart timely guidance and counseling to the students. Besides, the faculty advisor and supervisor assigned
to each student should maintain regular communication with the students.

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