Odisha To Conduct UG & PG Exams By July 31

Bhubaneswar: The Higher Education Department on Monday asked all the state public universities and degree colleges to conduct the final semester/year examinations of under-graduate (UG) and post-graduate (PG) courses for the 2021-22 academic year by July 31.

The college and university authorities have also been directed to publish results by August 15. Principal Secretary, Higher Education Department, Saswat Mishra has issued a letter about the timeframe for completion of UG and PG Final Semester/Final Year Examination (2021-22) to the VCs and heads of all the institutions under it.

“In order to ensure that students of Odisha do not get adversely affected by COVID-induced dislocations of academic activities, you are requested to conduct all UG & PG Final Semester/Year examinations of 2021-22 Academic Year by 31/07/2022 and publish result by 15/08/2022 positively,” Mishra said in the letter.

“If need be, extra classes should be conducted for timely completion of courses well before the examinations,” he emphasised.

“Examinations for other Semesters/Years may be conducted as and when suitable, keeping in mind that UG & PG Final Semester/Year examinations of 2022-23 Academic Year and onwards should be completed in all respect by June every year,” he further added.