SPPU final year exams postponed; to be conducted from October 12 onwards

Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) final-year degree exams of both backlog and fresher students has been delayed further and will now begin from October 12, the University authorities said.

Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) final-year degree exams of both backlog and fresher students has been delayed further and will now begin from October 12, the University authorities said. While the state government had instructed the varsity to conduct exams from October 1, the SPPU had, in its last circular, intimated students that the backlog exams will begin from October 5 and regular students will take their exams from October 15.

However, with only a few days left for exams, and neither a timetable nor a question bank provided to students, the university has finally decided on conducting exams from October 12.

Mahesh Kakade, director of the Board of Examinations and Evaluation, said the timetable of two faculties, Pharmacy and Law, will soon be uploaded on the university’s website. “We also have the timetables for other faculties ready, we will upload them phase-wise. Exams for backlog students will begin on October 12, followed by exams for regular students, and we will finish conducting all exams by October 31.”

Responding to the inordinate delay in declaring the timetable, university authorities blamed it on multiple factors. They said the tender process for appointing a single vendor to conduct online examinations for the 2.5 lakh-odd students online was yet to be finalised, and this was one of the main reasons behind the delay.

Another reason for the delay in the exam is the ongoing strike by SPPU employees — mainly officers and non-teaching staff — which has paralysed work at the university. While initially, the employees refrained from work themselves, now they forced other workers to stop work and vacate their departments. Even staffers working at the vice-chancellor’s office were made to stop work, confirmed Vice-Chancellor Dr Nitin Karmalkar.

The protesting employees have been demanding the varsity to implement the Seventh Pay Commission and the cancellation of a promotion scheme that the state government has started.

V-C Karmalkar, however, said he hopes for a resolution soon. “I have spoken to the Chancellor of the university and also with the higher authorities. This strike is affecting our work and we need it to be resolved as soon as possible to concentrate on exam work for students,” he said.

Asked about the timetable for students, he said it would be uploaded in a phase-wise manner from today; October 1 on the university website.

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