Maharashtra final year exams for universities and colleges cancelled

Soon after Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray announced the state was cancelling final-year exams for college and university students, undergraduate and postgraduate students of Karnataka started demanding the same policy for their state. They are seeking promotion without exams as well. Many took to social media asking for cancellation of exams, citing safety concerns in view of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. However, there has been no announcement or update on this from the Karnataka Government itself.

Due to the nationwide lockdown enforced to stop the spread of coronavirus, schools and colleges across India are closed. Many institutes have shifted to online classes to continue the teaching-learning process.

Karnataka students, however, argued that online classes were not effective enough for “problematic subjects.”