Students Alert! Haryana government takes big decision on exams; all you need to know

The Haryana government has decided not to organise intermediate and final semester exams in the universities, technical education institutes, and colleges. State chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday announced via Twitter that intermediate and final semester exams in the universities, technical education institutes, and colleges of the state have been cancelled.

The students in these classes will be promoted to the next semester with 50 per cent weightage of marks of internal assessment and assignment plus 50 per cent weightage of marks in previous examinations. They will have an option to improve their grades once normalcy prevails in the state.

This formula will also be applicable for distance education and private students. The government has clarified that if a university wishes, it may conduct online examination if and only it is fully prepared and equipped, ensuring that all students are able to take the online examinations.

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The students with academic arrears in previous examinations may also be exempted from tests and be promoted to the next semester. Reappearing students are to be given marks on an average basis of the previous examinations for promotion, the minister said. The same formula will also be applicable for distance education and private students.

In case of first year students, only internal assessment may be calculated for promotion to the next year. For practical exams, wherever not conducted so far, marks are to be awarded as an average of all previous practical examinations or 80 per cent average of theory examination marks of previous semesters, whichever is higher.