Maharashtra: University, College Students Will Get Extra Time For Offline Exams
This year, student-friendly approach has been taken into
consideration as the exams are being held offline amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a welcoming news for students this year, Maharashtra
Minister for Higher and Technical Education, Uday Samant has
instructed Maharashtra Colleges and Universities to give extra time of 15
minutes per hour during their offline exams.
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This means for the one-hour exam, students will get extra 15
minutes while for two hours’ exam, students will get extra 30 minutes.
The decision comes days after Mumbai University
instructed autonomous colleges to provide its students with extra time during
the offline exams.
He also stated that the decision was also made after taking
into consideration that the students have not given offline exams in nearly two
years due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the shift to online mode of education.
Many college and university students in Maharashtra had
approached the minister requesting for the same. On April 13, in the
meeting with the various Vice Chancellors of Maharashtra state universities,
Samant suggested that universities should give 15 extra minutes per hour to
every student appearing for offline exams this year.
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Later, taking it to Twitter, the minister tweeted:
"COVID-19 forced education to the online platform and exams too were being
conducted online. Considering that after a break of two years, students will be
appearing for exams in offline mode, universities should give 15 extra minutes
for every hour of the exam period to students."
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