The state minister for higher education Dhan Singh Rawat has directed the vice chancellors (VC) of all the universities of the state to compulsorily have Digital lockers ( Digi Locker) in their institutions. The minister took video conferencing session with all VCs and registrars of the universities of the state from edusat centre located at campus of Doon University here on Thursday.
He said the Digi locker facility is beneficial for the students and with this facility the students would be spared the ordeal of making many rounds of the university offices for their mark-sheets and degree certificates.
Rawat said that the universities would upload the documents like degree and mark sheets and the students by using designated code can download these documents in their homes. Similarly with these lockers in place, it would be easy for the government offices to verify educational qualification documents of students at time of job.
The minister was informed that online classes are going on and 80 per cent of the course is complete. The attendance of the students in these classes is around 70 percent.
In the session elaborate discussion on holding of examination was held. All VCs were unanimous in suggesting that the examinations can be held in month of July. The minister said that final decision on the examinations would be taken after the guidelines of the government of India for lockdown IV.
He however asked the universities to remain prepared for both online and offline type of examinations.
It was decided that online admissions would be done for the new academic session. The new session for old students would commence in August while for new students would start in September. The minister also inquired about the status of salary paid to the staff and was informed that all universities have paid salaries to the staff.
The advisor, higher education, M S M Rawat and K D Purohit, the VC of all the universities, director higher education Ashok Kumar and others were present in the video conferencing session.