UGC asks Universities, Colleges to commence new academic session 2020-21 for 1st year UG, PG students
‘Compensate academic losses in subsequent years by curtailing breaks, vacations’
The University Grants Commission (UGC) ordered Universities and Colleges to commence classes for new academic session 2020-21 from November-01 for first year Undergraduate and Postgraduate students.
UGC also directed the Universities and Colleges to complete the admission process by October-31.
The new amended UGC guidelines, a copy of which lies with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) reads, “The academic session 2020-21 may commence from 01-11-2020 for first year students.”
“The UGC in August 2020 requested the expert committee to revisit the guidelines dated issues earlier in May and July respectively and suggest the revised admissions and academic calendar, and other connected matters, for the first year of UG and PG programmes for the session 2020-2021,” it reads.
The UGC report reads that the Commission at its emergent meeting held on September-21-09 considered the report of the expert committee and based on the report approved the UGC guidelines on academic calendar for the First Year of Under-Graduate and Postgraduate students of the Universities for the session 2020-21 in view of COVID-19 pandemic.
UGC said, “The academic calendar for the first year students proposed in the guidelines issued on April-04 stands amended. Hence, the academic session 2020-21 may commence from 01-11-2020 for first year students.”
In detailed guidelines, the UGC said that the admission process should be completed by October-31, commencement of classes of the first semester or first year students of fresh batch from November-01, preparatory break from March-01-2021 to March-03-2021, conduct of examinations March-08-2021 to March-26-2021.