The University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued a clarification regarding a circular claiming that all universities will conduct offline exams. The circular, which is doing the rounds on several social media platforms, is fake, UGC has clarified.
UGC took to its official Twitter account to clarify this fake report. “This public notice is #FAKE! University Grants Commission has made NO such notice,” the commission tweeted.
A public notice regarding offline university exams is circulating on social media and claims are being issued by @ugc_india
➡️This public announcement is #FAKE†
➡️University Grants Commission has made NO such notice. pic.twitter.com/S6ysKT5TIU— UGC INDIA (@ugc_india) February 6, 2022
The fake message stated that “as all colleges and universities operate in compliance with COVID19 protocols so that offline exams can be taken while maintaining physical distance at their home centers,” the fake message read. “So all universities are hereby advised to conduct all current and future semester exams in offline mode in their home centers while maintaining the COVID19 protocols.”
“Universities are requested to take proper precautions for the preparation of taking exams in offline mode,” the false circular added.
The UGC clarified that no such advice has been issued by the commission, tweeting that “University Grants Commission has made NO such notice”.
Meanwhile, the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University and the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) have resumed offline classes in various disciplines from today i.e. February 7, 2022. As of today itself, all academic, teaching and learning activities and library services have resumed in offline mode, with strict adherence to Covid protocols set by DDMA.
