Exams will be conducted as scheduled in Bengaluru

Bengaluru Government has decided to conduct exams as scheduled despite the rising number of Covid-19 cases. Also, no summer holidays have been declared this year and no changes for the coming academic year, confirmed Deputy Chief Minister Dr. C.N.Ashwatha Narayana. 

Bengaluru: Deputy Chief Minister Dr. C.N.Ashwatha Narayana, who is also the minister of higher education, made it clear on Saturday, that none of the examination and academic activities will be stopped on account of Covid-19, and they will be held as per the scheduled timetable. Speaking to reporters after participating in the 8th convocation of Samskrita University, he told, “the examinations at university lever including degree, post-graduation, engineering, diploma and all other courses which come under the department of higher education will be conducted as per the scheduled timetable and there will be no changes”. “The academic activities for the year 2021-22 are already delayed and there should not be further delay in this process. If these get delayed the cycle of course period, test, results, employment, further studies will get cut,” he said.