The Uttar Pradesh government, on Thursday, issued guidelines to reopen all the universities and degree colleges in the state from August 16.
After celebrating Independence Day in the university and degree colleges, the new academic session for the second-year students of undergraduate and post-graduate courses will start from the next day -- August 16.
Classes for 50 per cent of the students will be held on the campus and the rest will attend classes online from home. The process for admission to the first year of undergraduate courses started on Thursday.
In institutes which take admission according to the merit of intermediate marks, a new session will start from September 1. The undergraduate first year classes will be started from September 13 in institutes where admission is done through the entrance test.
The guidelines, issued by Additional Chief Secretary (Higher Education) Monika S Garg on Thursday, have been sent to the registrars of all universities and principals of degree colleges.
The undergraduate second and third year results will be declared by August 31. In such a situation, the undergraduate third year and post-graduate first-year classes will start from September 13. Only 50 per cent of the students will be called for classes on campus. The daily timetable will be prepared by all higher educational institutes. Information will be given about which student has to come to the campus on which day and on which day he/she will attend the classes online. Classes can be held in two to three shifts to avoid overcrowding.
It is mandatory to have a system of thermal screening at the gate itself of the campuses of universities and degree colleges. Students of different classes will enter the institute through different gates. Spitting will be banned on the campus and sanitisation will be done daily.
Such students, teachers and employees who have symptoms like cold and fever, will be identified and their Covid test will be done. Adequate vigilance will be taken in the hostels also. Students will be called in different batches in the mess. Mess timings will also be extended. The rules of physical distance will be strictly followed.