The government of Maharashtra has decided not to hold the final-year exams for professional courses such as law, engineering, architecture, pharmacy and hotel management this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to guide and instruct the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Council of Architecture (COA), Pharmacy Council of India (PCI), Bar Council of India (BCI), National Council of Teachers Education (NCTE) and National Council for Hotel Management and Catering Technology (NCHMCT) to support the state government’s decision.
The Maharashtra government plans to provide degrees to the final-year students of professional courses based on their performance in earlier semester exams.
Also, an option would be provided to the students who are not satisfied with the marking scheme to appear for exams whenever it would be held in the future.
The call has been taken by the state government due to the ever-increasing number of coronavirus cases in Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai, Pune Metropolitan Region, Nashik, Aurangabad, Nagpur and Akola.
By Sahana Iyer
