Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has decided to cancel final year or semester exams of all professional and non-professional courses due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Maharashtra government decided not to conduct the final year/final semester exam of non-professional/professional courses as the present atmosphere is not yet conducive to conduct any exam or classes. Also decided to award degrees based on formula decided by universities,” the Chief Minister’s Office said in a statement on Friday.
In a related development, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to request him to instruct national level apex authorities like All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Council of Architecture (CoA), Pharmacy Council of India (PCI), Bar Council of India (BCI), National Council of Teachers Education (NCTE) and National Council for Hotel Management and Catering Technology to endorse the state government’s decision regarding professional courses and issue guidelines to universities, Hindustan Times reported.