Maharashtra to promote all university students, except those in final year, without exams

By ANI | Published: May 8, 2020 05:22 PM2020-05-08T17:22:03+5:302020-05-08T17:35:02+5:30

The Maharashtra government on Friday announced that all university students in the state, apart from those in the final year, will be promoted without examination due to COVID-19 lockdown.

Maharashtra to promote all university students, except those in final year, without exams | Maharashtra to promote all university students, except those in final year, without exams

Maharashtra to promote all university students, except those in final year, without exams

The Maharashtra government on Friday announced that all university students in the state, apart from those in the final year, will be promoted without examination due to COVID-19 lockdown.

"All university students in Maharashtra, except those in the final year, will be promoted to the next class without examination due to COVID-19 lockdown. The final year examinations will be held in July," State Higher and Technical Education Minister Uday Samant said.

On March 24, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced a 21-day lockdown as a precautionary measure to contain the spread of COVID-19. The lockdown was later extended till May 3.

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on May 1 issued directions to extend the ongoing lockdown by two more weeks from May 4.

( With inputs from ANI )

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