A day after it decided to close all technical educational institutes in Punjab till March 31 as precautionary measures to prevent spreading of Coronavirus, the State Government on Sunday made it clear that the examinations in the State’s technical education institutes and ITIs would be held as per the schedule released earlier. The State Government had earlier decided to close all technical educational institutes till March 31, “but today, this order has been partially amended”, said the State Government’s official spokesperson.
The spokesperson said that the Technical Education Department has revised the old order to clarify that the examinations in the universities or engineering colleges, poly-technic colleges or industrial training institutes (ITIs) would be held as per the earlier schedule.
Punjab Technical Education Department has issued new amended orders to the IK Gujral Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar; Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Technical University, Bathinda; all Government or private engineering colleges of the State, all Government or private polytechnic colleges and all Government and private ITIs that these institutes should issue directions to the staff attached with examination process to be present and also ensure that non-teaching staff attached for conducting exams should also be present, said the spokesperson.