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AKTU announces tentative final year exam schedule amid demand for cancellation

AKTU final year exam schedule: The examination for the final year students of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU) to be held from July 20 to August 7, said vice chancellor Prof Vinay Kumar Pathak. AKTU announced the tentative examination schedule for all the disciplines of the final year on Monday.

“The technical education department in its guidelines to the vice-chancellors of three technical universities has suggested a mock test to help students prepare for the online exam which will be multiple choice based,” according to a letter issued by Sunil Kumar Chaudhary, special secretary of the state government.

The department has issued guidelines to the technical universities to procure software required to conduct online examination through the GeM portal that has been approved by the government, the letter reads. 

The administrations of the universities have also been asked to help students to get accustomed to the new software by conducting mock exams ahead of the final semester exam. Students can give the exam from home or anywhere at their convenience, said secretary technical education, Alok Kumar.

He said it was decided to keep the exams only objective type and appearing in exams is in the interest of the career of students.

Kumar added, “Today we discussed with the director of technical education, joint directors and nodal principal of all district polytechnics regarding completion of syllabus within next five weeks. The classes will be held on weekends also. If the need arises, extra classes will be taken in the evening.”

He said appearing in the examination by students is in the interest of their career. He said students can give exam from home or anywhere as per their convenience

The technical education department on Monday sent a letter to the vice-chancellors of three technical universities- Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU), Harcourt Butler Technical University (HBTU), Kanpur and MMMUT, Gorakhpur- directing them to conduct final semester examinations in online mode between July 15 to 22 and remaining semester exams between July 23 to 31 as recommended by a five-member committee formed by the department.

The vice-chancellor of AKTU, Prof Vinay Kumar Pathak said, “We are all gearing up for conducting online exams for final year students.” He said, “I am very sure students will prepare well for the exam.”

Meanwhile, even before the exam schedule was announced by the university administration, a large number of students of AKTU jointly raised their voice, on Twitter, demanding the cancellation of examinations and promoting students to the next level. They asserted that appearing in the online test is next to impossible owing to the poor internet connectivity especially in the rural areas.

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