Patna University postpones exams scheduled for April

PATNA: Patna University (PU) on Saturday announced postponement of all examinations scheduled in April until further orders on account of the uncertainty created by the outbreak of coronavirus.
According to a notification, the fresh dates of all university examinations will be announced as soon as the lockdown ends and the situation normalizes.
PU examination controller R K Mandal told this newspaper that Part I and Part II (BA, BSc and BCom) examinations were to be conducted in April.
“The Degree Part II exams scheduled from March 27 have already postponed after declaration of the nationwide lockdown. The exam of only one Degree Part III paper, which was scheduled to be held on March 13, could not be conducted because PU announced suspension of all its academic programmes, including ongoing examinations,” Mandal said.
He added, “The Part I and Part II examinations of all conventional and vocational (self-financing) courses, which were scheduled to begin in April, have also been postponed. The exams of BEd and various postgraduate diploma courses were also scheduled in April.”
According to academics, the entire academic calendar of PU is likely to be disturbed due to the coronavirus crisis.
“As students have already left for their native places, they will have to be given sufficient time for taking the examinations even after the situation becomes completely normal. The syllabi of some courses will have to be completed before announcing the fresh dates of examinations. The evaluation of answer books and publication of results will take their own time. Hence, it seems impossible for the university to complete its admission schedule for the new batches in time,” they claimed.