Delhi government has decided to cancel all upcoming semester and final exams of universities under it

New Delhi: Delhi government has decided to cancel all upcoming semester and final exams of universities under it due to coronavirus pandemic situation in the national capital.

“Delhi govt has decided to cancel all Delhi state university exams including final year examinations in view of coronavirus pandemic situation. The degree will be awarded to the students based on evaluation parameters as decided by the concerned universities,” Manish Sisodia said.

Manish Sisodia tweetDelhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has written to PM Narendra Modi and has requested him to take a similar decision for the universities and colleges which come under the Centre government.

Sisodia said that studies in the universities are disrupted due to the pandemic for a long time now and it is not possible to conduct examinations in this situation.

Examination Unprecedented times require unprecedented decisions, Sisodia added. Sisodia also said that exams in the Central universities in Delhi including the Delhi University (DU) and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) will be taken by the Centre.