UG, PG exams only after resumption of physical classes: Odisha govt

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Higher Education Department has decided not to conduct examinations for Under Graduate (UG) and Post Graduate (PG) students in view of COVID-19.

The Department said conduct of exams should be considered after the resumption of physical mode of teaching and completion of syllabus.

Higher Education Department secretary Saswat Mishra, in a letter, said that it is not desirable to hold examination basing only on online teaching.

He asked the vice-chancellors of universities and principals of state-run and private colleges under the department to conduct the examinations only after resumption of classes in physical mode and completion of syllabus.