University of Hyderabad to conduct entrance exam from September 24

The University of Hyderabad has announced that it will be conducting its entrance examination nationwide between September 24 and 26.

University of Hyderabad (UoH) has said that it will be holding entrance examination, nation-wide for admission to various post-graduate and research courses between September 24 and 26. UoH Vice-Chancellor Professor Appa Rao Podile told a media house that the varsity is going to conduct the UoH Entrance Exams 2020 as per the schedule after Supreme Court gave a nod to conduct JEE and NEET. 

Over 62,000 candidates seeking admission this year, will appear for the entrance exam in 38 centres across the country (in offline mode), the Vice-Chancellor said. The university, he said, plans to complete the UoH Admission Process 2020 and start classes for the new students latest by the first week of November. On the varsity's strategy for the resumption of academic activities, the Vice-Chancellor said about 2,000 postgraduate students in the ongoing batch will begin online from today, i.e. August 20, 2020.

The varsity has installed a Learning Management System (LMS) to conduct an online semester, that can be used by the faculty and students by shoring up the information communication technology (ICT) infrastructure at the departments and schools, he said. Given internet connectivity issues being faced by some students in remote locations, Appa Rao said online instruction will be given in the asynchronous mode, under the guiding principle of leaving no student behind.

The UoH, he added, is probably the first public university in the country to constitute a high-powered Task Force to prepare a roadmap for the resumption of academic activities and be guided by its recommendations.

The Task Force has already recommended the phased return of about 500 research scholars in the science schools who work in wet labs, conducting crucial experimental research. The chairman of the Task Force professor Vinod Pavarala outlined some of the student welfare measures taken by the university to ease the process of resumption of classes for students, including the sanction of a digital access grant (DAG) for disadvantaged students, deferring payment of fee during semester registration and giving an extension of time for MPhil and Ph.D. students to submit their theses, among others.

The Alumni Association of UoH has also come forward to raise funds to supplement its efforts to assist needy students during the current crisis, he said. The university had earlier suspended classes for all batches on March 15.

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