Hearing in the Supreme Court on a petition challenging the final year examination in universities across the country has been postponed till August 10. UGC has said that students should continue their preparation.
The hearing in the Supreme Court on the petition challenging the final year examination in universities across the country has been postponed to 10 August. The court has asked to keep a copy of the decision taken by the State Disaster Management Committee in Maharashtra on record.
The SC asked the Ministry of Home Affairs to present its stand on the cancellation of the examinations due to COVID. The Center said that it will decide its stand by Monday. The UGC has said that no one should be subject to the notion that the final examination to be held by the end of September will be stopped.
The UGC also said that students should continue preparing for their exams. Alakh Alok Shrivastava is the advocate for the 31 petitioners in the case. He said in court that more than 25,000 covid19 cases have been registered today. How can examinations be conducted in such an environment.
For the petitioners, AM Singhvi advised that some universities lacked basic IT facilities to conduct these online examinations. It is not possible to adopt the online mode of examination equally.
The SC asked the Solicitor General to please explain the MHA's stand in this matter. The Solicitor General said that the latest report will be put forward till Monday. The Supreme Court said that we have not passed any interim order for this.
The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Thursday filed its reply in the Supreme Court on the university's final exam. The UGC said in it that the aim of conducting the final year examinations by September 30 is to manage the future of the students so that the students do not delay the next year's studies. The matter will be heard in the Supreme Court on Friday.
In the previous hearing, the Supreme Court had asked the UGC to respond to the petitions challenging the final year examination in universities across the country. Petitions filed in the Supreme Court have been requested not to conduct the examination in view of the health of the students regarding the corona.
The petitions have sought a direction from the Supreme Court to cancel the UGC guidelines issued on 6 July. Here on July 6, UGC guidelines instructed all universities and colleges to hold final year examinations by September 30.
The Union Home Ministry had issued a notification by the universities and institutes on 6 July 2020, allowing the examination to be conducted. The court ordered the universities to conduct final year examination as per UGC guidelines.
The petitioners also include a COVID positive student, stating that there are many final year students who are either COVID positive either themselves or their family members. Forcing such students to appear in the final year examinations till 30 September 2020 is an open violation of the right to life conferred under Article 21.
Around 31 students from various universities across the country have petitioned the Supreme Court and demanded the cancellation of the revised guidelines issued by the UGC on 6 July.
In its revised guidelines, UGC has asked all the universities of the country to conduct final year exams before 30 September. The students have demanded in their petition that the final year examinations should be canceled and the result of the students should be released on the basis of their past performance.
Earlier on 23 July, Delhi High Court had asked the UGC to clarify whether the final year exams can be conducted by universities on the basis of Multiple Choice Question (MCQ), Open Choice, Assignments and Presentation.
The SC asked the Ministry of Home Affairs to present its stand on the cancellation of the examinations due to COVID. The Center said that it will decide its stand by Monday. The UGC has said that no one should be subject to the notion that the final examination to be held by the end of September will be stopped.
The UGC also said that students should continue preparing for their exams. Alakh Alok Shrivastava is the advocate for the 31 petitioners in the case. He said in court that more than 25,000 covid19 cases have been registered today. How can examinations be conducted in such an environment.
For the petitioners, AM Singhvi advised that some universities lacked basic IT facilities to conduct these online examinations. It is not possible to adopt the online mode of examination equally.
The SC asked the Solicitor General to please explain the MHA's stand in this matter. The Solicitor General said that the latest report will be put forward till Monday. The Supreme Court said that we have not passed any interim order for this.
The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Thursday filed its reply in the Supreme Court on the university's final exam. The UGC said in it that the aim of conducting the final year examinations by September 30 is to manage the future of the students so that the students do not delay the next year's studies. The matter will be heard in the Supreme Court on Friday.
In the previous hearing, the Supreme Court had asked the UGC to respond to the petitions challenging the final year examination in universities across the country. Petitions filed in the Supreme Court have been requested not to conduct the examination in view of the health of the students regarding the corona.
The petitions have sought a direction from the Supreme Court to cancel the UGC guidelines issued on 6 July. Here on July 6, UGC guidelines instructed all universities and colleges to hold final year examinations by September 30.
The Union Home Ministry had issued a notification by the universities and institutes on 6 July 2020, allowing the examination to be conducted. The court ordered the universities to conduct final year examination as per UGC guidelines.
The petitioners also include a COVID positive student, stating that there are many final year students who are either COVID positive either themselves or their family members. Forcing such students to appear in the final year examinations till 30 September 2020 is an open violation of the right to life conferred under Article 21.
Around 31 students from various universities across the country have petitioned the Supreme Court and demanded the cancellation of the revised guidelines issued by the UGC on 6 July.
In its revised guidelines, UGC has asked all the universities of the country to conduct final year exams before 30 September. The students have demanded in their petition that the final year examinations should be canceled and the result of the students should be released on the basis of their past performance.
Earlier on 23 July, Delhi High Court had asked the UGC to clarify whether the final year exams can be conducted by universities on the basis of Multiple Choice Question (MCQ), Open Choice, Assignments and Presentation.
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