Pondicherry: First Year Odd Semester Exams; cancelled by University; Final Semester To Be Held Online

The Pondicherry University has cancelled the first-year odd semester exams scheduled from July 26, in all the affiliated colleges of the university.

However, The results for the cancelled exams will be based on the internal marks. For the final year even-semester students, the exams will be held online, the schedule of which will be released shortly.

As per the sources, The decision to cancel the exams and mark the students on the basis of internal assessment has been made in accordance with UGC guidelines on examination.

The higher education regulatory body, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has said that the intermediate semester students must be assessed on the basis of internal marks.

However, as per the officials, “For intermediate semester/year students, assessment shall be based on internal evaluation and previous semester as suggested in 2020 guidelines,” UGC guideline on intermediate semester exams”

In addition to this, Exams for first and second year of UG Course and first year of PG Courses will be assessed based on Internal Marks: There will be no exams.