State’s oldest varsity, Ranchi University, has decided to promote over 1.9 lakh students of the university and its affiliated colleges to next semester without appearing in examinations. However, final year students will not be covered under this decision as they will appear in the examination. This is being done due to the surge in Covid-19 cases following the outbreak of the lethal second wave.
Ranchi University Examination Controller, Dr. Ashish Kumar Jha said, “The Ranchi University administration has decided to promote students in next semester without appearing in the examination. This will be done as per guidelines of the University Grants Commission.” However, Jha said that final year students in undergraduate and postgraduate courses will not be covered under the decision as they have to give examinations.
While the Ranchi University has decided to promote students in next semester, Dr Shyma Prasad Mukherjee University—another varsity in Capital has decided to conduct an online examination for about 10 thousand students of UG-PG.
The DSPMU administration has even started preparations for conducting examinations. The varsity administration has asked the concerned head of department (HoDs) to prepare a question paper according to the syllabus taught in the online class.
The exam of UG and PG in DSPMU will now be of two hours instead of three hours. There will be objective or short or long answer questions in the exam, it is expected to be decided in a day or two.
In order to promote UG-PG students at Ranchi University, PG departments and colleges have been asked to send mid-semester and practical marks to the examination department. Some faculties of PG have got the marks of the university. The result of PG will be out in the first phase. After this, the result of UG will be declared.
Sources said that Ranchi University has decided to promote students in next semester due to the large number of students studying at varsity and its geographical spread.
At present the University has 23 post graduate departments, 15 constituent colleges, and 49 affiliated colleges, imparting teaching in medicine, psychiatry, law, engineering, business management, education, and general courses. Besides these institutions there is UGC sponsored Academic Staff College. The varsity is spread in Ranchi district, Lohardaga, Gumla and other districts.
Earlier, Ranchi University (RU) has decided to seek a fresh proposal from the director of Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (Rims) for holding the final-year MBBS and the MD/MS exams offline.
Sources said that university is contemplating plans for conducting the MBBS examination. However, the process requires the consent of University senior officials, RIMS director and State higher education senior officials.