University exams resume amid COVID-19
The Hindu
Students of odd semesters of degree and PG courses take them in good numbers
Hundreds of students of undergraduate and postgraduate odd semester courses wrote their papers enthusiastically amid COVID-19 threat as Mangalore University resumed the examinations on Monday. The university had to postpone the examinations scheduled in April due to the outbreak of the second wave of the pandemic. As the norms came to be relaxed following reduced numbers of positive cases, it decided to resume the examinations on Monday. As many as 21,886 students appeared for Monday’s examinations out of the 23,179 students across Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Kodagu districts in the morning session. In the afternoon session, 16,691 students appeared for the examination out of the 17,193, according to sources.
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