A week after UGC came up with its recommendations to universities, Mumbai University has decided to only conduct final year and final semes...

A week after UGC came up with its recommendations to universities, Mumbai University has decided to only conduct final year and final semester examination this year. The students from remaining semesters and 1st and 2nd year will not be appearing for exams this year and will be promoted to then next year/semester, according to multiple reports.
Announcing the decision, Maharashtra’s minister for higher and technical education, Uday Samant on Friday said that the final year/semester students will be appearing for the exam which will be conducted from July 1st to July 30th,
The minister also said that the government expects the universities to be ready with the exam timetable soon. A review meeting will be held anywhere between June 20th and June 25th to confirm the next decision. The minister also said that if the lockdown is extended in the state, then the exams could be postponed further.
For the remaining students, the university has decided to adopt the UGC recommendations of 50-50 formula wherein students will be promoted based on 50% weightage to internal assessment and project work and 50% based on the previous semester.
The minister said that students who have not cleared subjects in the previous semester will be promoted provisionally and they...