Degree, PG semester exams postponed in Telangana

A new schedule will be announced soon, TSCHE chairman Prof. T Papi Reddy said here on Wednesday.

Hyderabad: A day after the State government announced a temporary closure of all educational institutions, the Telangana State Council of Higher Education (TSCHE) on Wednesday postponed all semester exams of various undergraduate and postgraduate courses under different universities across the State. This was in view of the growing number of Covid-19 cases.

“We have postponed all degree and PG semester exams under all universities. A revised schedule will be announced soon by the universities concerned,” TSCHE Chairman Prof T Papi Reddy said.

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The government had on Tuesday announced the closure of all educational institutions, barring medical colleges, from Wednesday. It decided to continue online/distance learning as done earlier. Universities, including Osmania University, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University-Hyderabad and Dr BR Ambedkar Open University, had initially decided to go ahead with the regular and supplementary exams as per schedule following Covid-19 safety protocols. With the TSCHE’s announcement, however, all semester exams now stand postponed.

OU authorities said a revised timetable would be released soon. Commissioner of Collegiate and Technical Education (i/c) Syed Omer Jaleel instructed Registrars of all universities that while institutes can go ahead with online classes and examinations, they would have to postpone ongoing and scheduled offline classes and exams.

The University of Hyderabad announced that the decision to allow the return of terminal semester PG students and research scholars (except the 2020 batch) to the campus was being put on hold until further notice.

Though common entrance tests for admissions into various professional courses in colleges across the State are slated to be held in July/August, the TSCHE has not taken any decision on their postponement yet.

 

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