Anna University Writes to The Department of Higher Education Seeking New Dates for Exams

Anna University has asked the Department of Higher Education for the new dates for the conduct of the end-semester examinations.

Earlier in the month of December 2020, Chief Secretary K. Shanmugam had written to the Registrars of all universities, setting the approximate dates for the examinations to be held online.

Chief Secretary K. Shanmugam had written to the Registrars of all universities, setting the approximate dates for the examinations to be held online. 

Anna University had also asked the autonomous colleges in December to conduct the examinations. Further, the faculty of non-autonomous affiliated colleges have stated that the second and third-year students were idling away their time for two months as the teachers had completed the syllabus.

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Conducting Online Exam is Huge Exercise

M.K. Surappa, Anna University Vice-Chancellor has informed that conducting examinations online would be a huge exercise and required appropriate software.

“We are conducting all exams, including arrears exams; it requires massive preparation. We had committed ourselves to conduct the exams in the second week of January, but we have sought some more time,” he added.

He further stated that the delay in the conduct examination is due to the difficulty in finalising the tender for the software.

The university had also written to the Department of Higher Education for consent to announce the date.

“It has all been sorted out. On Tuesday, they are opening the financial bid,” he said. Within a week, the university would announce the schedule, said M.K. Surappa.

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