Calcutta University exam dates clash with JNU entrance tests

KOLKATA: The dates of final-year BA and BSc examinations in
Calcutta University has clashed with several entrance tests in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), which are to be taken on October 5, 7, and 8. The
clashing of dates has come as a setback for several CU students of philosophy, history, economics, Sanskrit, mathematics, chemistry, and those interested in studying foreign languages who want to do a Masters’s degree at JNU.

The exam dates of West Bengal State University in Barasat are also overlapping with those of JNU. A group of JNU has approached the VCs of the two universities. “Students from Calcutta University have their final-year exams on October 5, 7, and 8 for environmental science between noon and 2pm.

But the dates are clashing with JNUEE and, given the time of exams from 3pm, they have to report an hour before. It is not possible to complete our CU tests at 2pm and then reach the entrance test centers,” said Sagnik Chatterjee, a final-year student of economics Honours and a resident of Behala. Given the current situation, he now plans to appear in the JNU entrance examination next year.

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News source: Times of India

Update by Bidisha Roy Choudhury