Pune: Union Minister for Education Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ said that final year college exams were conducted successfully across the country despite opposition amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Speaking at an event here via video conference, Pokhriyal showered praise on educational institutes and teachers for switching to online platforms during the pandemic.
The Union government took a firm stand that final year examinations must be held because if students had been passed without exam, they would have been stuck with the ‘passed during COVID-19’ tag for all their lives, the minister was quoted as saying by a news agency PTI.
“We took a strong stand and decided to conduct the exams. Some people opposed the decision, some went to the Supreme Court, but the SC also quashed their petitions and ruled that exams should be held,” Pokhriyal told PTI.
According to Pokhriyal, when the call to conduct JEE and NEET exams was taken, some people protested, but the majority of students who had burned the midnight oil to prepare wanted exams to be held.
“The holding of JEE and NEET was so successful that the Election Commission when asked how would they hold Bihar elections during the pandemic…their reply was they will adopt the pattern used for the conduct of JEE and NEET,” the minister stated.
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