Bengaluru Govt decides to conduct exams as scheduled despite rising number of Covid-19 cases

Karnataka government on Saturday made it clear that it would not hold back any examination or stop academic activities due to COVID-19. "The examinations at university-level, including degree, post-graduation, engineering, diploma and all other courses, will be conducted as per schedule.

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Dr C N Ashwath Narayan told reporters here. Narayan, who holds the higher education portfolio, said the academic activities for the year 2021-22 have already been delayed and there should not be further delay.

If delayed, the cycle of



course period, test, results, employment, further studies would get cut, he said.

Measures have been taken to ensure the academic activities for the year 2021-22 are not affected, he said.

"After the completion of the examinations that are being conducted now, there will be no summer holidays. Functioning of the classes will begin immediately and there will be both offline and online classes," he said.

Online classes would be started quite early, Narayan said adding: It would be mandatory for students either to attend online or offline classes.