GU delegates practical exams to colleges

Updated on: Wednesday, October 03, 2012

The Gujarat University (GU) has directed colleges to conduct practical exams and send them the marks. Till now, the GU used to conduct the practical exams. Officials said that the decision follows the introduction of the semester system by the GU due to which two university exams are conducted instead of one. "The university is highly burdened because of the semester system. If the GU conducts practical exams as well, the exam work will continue for four months in each semester," said a GU official. The colleges have been directed to conduct the practical exams and send the marks to GU. GU has also decided to discontinue the practice of considering a certain percentage of first and second year while computing the final percentage obtained after the third year exams. tnn "From henceforth, marks obtained only in the fifth and sixth semester of the third year will be considered", said an official.

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