College reopening news: UGC issues guidelines for first-year classes

The academic session 2020-21 for the first-year students will start from November 1, as per the latest guidelines by the University Grants Commission (UGC), which has been directed by the educational institutions to complete the merit/entrance-based admission process by October 2020.

However, if there is any delay in the declaration of results of the qualifying examinations, the universities may start the session from November 18, says the latest guidelines issued by the UGC.

Union Minister for Education Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank announced this on Twitter on Friday, saying, “In view of the #COVID19 Pandemic, @ugc_india has released guidelines on Examinations & Academic Calendar for UG & PG Students for the Session 2020-21.” As per the guidelines, the last date for admissions to fill up the remaining empty seats will be November 30.

On the other hand, the institutions, where admissions are sole though entrance tests, and which have completed the necessary requirements
or are likely to do so in near future, have been directed to start their
academic sessions for the first-year under-graduate and postgraduate students as early as possible.

They can accept the related documents for qualifying examinations by December 31, said the UGC guidelines. Further, the UGC has suggested the institutions to conduct the first semester/year examinations between March 8 and 26, 2021.

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News source: DNA

Update by Bidisha Roy Choudhury