IMPORTANT GUIDELINES FROM TECHNICAL EDUCATION MINISTER _Hon. Mr. UDAY SAMANT

*IMPORTANT GUIDELINES FROM TECHNICAL EDUCATION MINISTER _Hon. Mr. UDAY SAMANT_*

1. Except for final year students (all streams) all other students in the interim semesters to be promoted. For students to be promoted in the interim semesters, the results for would be 50% of previous semester and 50% of current semester.

2. If after promoting too, the students fail (ie after 50-50% pattern, if students fail) they can  forward KT to the next sem and they would be allowed to give

 papers in the next semester.

3. Also after promotion of the interim semester students if they feel that they have not received enough marks from the 50-50 pattern, then they can apply for re-exam in the next semester.

4. For MU and SPPU best grading system would be followed which means that best marks in each subject should be given.

5. All students who have live KT in the current semester shall be promoted to the next semester and their KT paper would be conducted in the next end semester examination (within 120 days).

6. For final year students the exams shall be conducted between 1st of July to 30th of July by following the norms of social distancing at the respective examination centres. the result of these examination shall be declared by 15th of August.

7. _If lockdown extends beyond a certain period then the chief minister of Maharashtra would be taking a meeting with UGC on 20th of June for promotion of final year students._

8. Regarding practicals for final year students: the UGC has given respective universities a free hand to decide for the practicals of final year students. Mostly it has been thought that practicals should be conducted by submission of online journals and online oral / viva examination

9. MHT-CET examination would be conducted between 1st July and 15th July; the result of which shall be declared by 15th August. Similarly, JEE examination would be conducted between 18th July and 23rd July.

10. For attendance: _All students shall be marked present for 45 days of the lockdown period_ 

_If the students still do not satisfy the required attendance criteria after 45 days of attendance, they shall be allowed to be considered for the examination._

11. If final year students have any queries regarding this pattern or guidelines from UGC, each University has been requested to establish cells within the next two days for resolution of those queries.

12. Autonomous universities too shall follow these UGC guidelines regarding examination of final year students.

13. *_Since, in the UGC guidelines, there was no clause mentioned regarding immediate promotion of final year students, we cannot promote them as of now. Also it is possible that final year students would have examinations with reduced marks and reduced time; eg: 100 marks paper could be reduced to 50 and 3 hours timing could be reduced to 2 hours._*