JNU Admissions 2021 may begin in April, online classes to continue for this semester: VC

Talking about JNU Admissions 2021, the VC said that the process may start by the end of April. 

Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) vice-chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar on April 12 announced that the varsity will continue to conduct the classes online for its current semester. Talking about JNU Admissions 2021, he said that the process may start by the end of April. Addressing the students through Facebook Live on the state of affairs in the campus in the wake of rising coronavirus cases, Professor Kumar, along with other officials of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), further said the university will take a decision to allow offline classes in the next academic session after reviewing the pandemic situation.

"The university has made every effort to make sure that the teaching-learning process goes on and we are glad to tell you that all our courses are now running through the digital platform. The entire semester will go on only in the online mode. We will review the situation and see if it will be possible to conduct the next academic session in the physical mode,” the vice-chancellor said.

Stating that the department has already finalised the prospectus and seat requirements from different schools and centres, the VC said that the advertisement for admission may be released by the end of this month followed by entrance exams in July.

"The prospectus will also be made available by then. Most probably, the examination will be held in the first week of July, depending on the situation in the country. "We are planning to complete the admission process by September, less than a month late unlike the last year. With the help of the staff who have been working long hours, without taking holidays or weekly offs, we will manage to finish the admission process in time for a regular session in the next year," Tripathi noted.

Answering regarding the hostel allotments rector Rana Pratap Singh said since the number of vacant rooms is less, it is difficult to make a priority list. However, the dean of schools is working on it and the students will be notified soon, he said.

"There are two sets of students, one who have come back and are staying because they need access to labs, their stay is extended until December 2021. And then there are students who left their rooms in the beginning of the pandemic outbreak and they have locked these rooms. Those who completed their degrees and vacated their rooms, those numbers are very few. It is very difficult to make a priority list, which requires some level of understanding of who can be allotted rooms since the number is very limited. Dean of schools is working on this," Singh added.

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