IKGPTU will conduct online exams, options offered for practicals only
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in
I.K. Gujral Punjab Technical University (IKGPTU), Kapurthala has decided to take it’s in process exams of November 2021 through online mode. Thousands of students from different states of the country are studying in more than 250 colleges of the university and due to new variants of Covid, students from outside states are constantly demanding online exams. A high level committee of college representatives was constituted by the university, after which the decision to make all the theory papers online was approved and released to the colleges / institutions / students on Thursday.
University Registrar IAS Officer Jaspreet Singh said that a committee should be constituted by Vice Chancellor cum Principal Secretary Technical Education Senior IAS Officer Raj Kamal Chaudhari to decide mode of conduct of examinations November 2021 within a week. He said that due to the new variants of covid, students from other states were constantly demanding online exams. Besides, this demand was also being made by the colleges’ representatives.
Registrar Jaspreet Singh, IAS, said that the practical exams will be conducted in both offline / online mode. For practicals, the head of the institution/college will decide at his own level. Theory examinations shall be conducted in on-line mode by following the same mechanism which was followed in the April/May 2021 session of on-line examination.
IKGPTU will conduct online exams, options offered for practicals only. He said that the Examinations will start from 1st week of January 2022.The Examination form shall be filled on-line via login IDs of each & every student w.e.f 11 December 2021 (Except 2021 Batch) and the proposed date sheet shall be available after 16 December 2021. The students will be able to fill up the online form with their login ID.
December 9,2021