Punjabi University students allowed to sit in exams after paying semester fee

Earlier, Dean (Academic Affairs) directed department heads to withhold the internal assessment marks of students, who failed to pay their semester fee. He also asked them to ensure that these students be barred from appearing in ongoing exams.

Punjabi University Exams 2021: Punjabi University has managed to collect pending semester fee from students, who have to appear in exams. Earlier, in a strong-worded letter, Dean (Academic Affairs) had directed department heads to withhold the internal assessment marks of students, who failed to pay their semester fee. He also asked them to ensure that these students be barred from appearing in ongoing exams. The Punjabi University Dean (Academic Affairs), Dr BS Sandhu, said the office received information about 141 students of various departments who had failed to deposit their semester fee. These students had managed to download their exam slips on mere submission of examination fee, he added.

He further added, “We can’t allow such anomalies on part of students and faculty members. The faculty has been directed to ensure that internal assessment marks of such students are not be uploaded on the university website failing which they will be held accountable.”

Punjabi University decided to commence the theory examinations of the final semester/classes from September, 25 this year onwards while the practical examinations of these classes would be conducted by principals or Heads at their college or department level through online mode by September 19, 2020. According to the official reports released by Punjabi University, the theory exams are for two hours during which students would solve 50 per cent of the question paper and they will also take care that they have solved the question paper of 50 per cent marks of total or maximum marks.

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