Telangana to follow UGC, AICTE guidelines for final year exams

Hyderabad:  The Telangana government on Thursday decided to conduct examinations for degree, post graduate degree and engineering final year students as per the guidelines of the University Grants Commission (UGC) and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).
KCR made announcement Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao announced at a meeting with senior officials that the decision was taken to uphold academic sanctity.
Other students will be promoted to the next class without any examination, said a statement from the Chief Minister’s Office.
It was decided to follow the guidelines issued by the UGC, AICTE and other such institutions in the aftermath of coronavirus with regard to administration of the educational institutions, conducting examinations and on syllabus.
New academic year for Engineering Colleges The meeting also decided to start the new academic year for engineering colleges from August 17.
The government is also preparing a combined entrance tests schedule so that the students will not lose a precious academic year.