Decision on allowing Universities to conduct exam only after assessing coronavirus situation: Haryana Education Minister

Universities in Haryana will be allowed to conduct exams only after the state government assesses the coronavirus situation, the Education Minister said.

Haryana Education Minister Kanwar Pal told the state Assembly that the government will make a decision on allowing universities to hold exams for various courses only after assessing the coronavirus situation in the state. The minister said this in a response to the concern raised by Congress MLAs, including Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda and former minister Geeta Bhukkal. Schools, colleges and educational institutions across the state have been kept closed since mid-March owing to the coronavirus outbreak in the country. 

While raising the issue about some universities in the state issuing the exam schedules for next month, even when the number of coronavirus positive cases are rising in the state, former state education minister Bhukkal said who will be responsible if students contract the infection. On which, Mr. Pal assured that if the need arises, exams can be rescheduled.

Kanwar Pal, however, said the government will take all precautions while conducting the exams to ensure the safety of students. Pal said students toil hard for 14 years to get a degree and the government does not want that their efforts go waste and they be passed without exams. “When they apply for a job, their degree will be seen as a corona degree,” Pal said, asking what value it will have for them. If we take online exams, we will make arrangements for that, he said.

On Pal's “corona degree” remark, Hooda told the minister in a lighter vein, “Then will people call you corona time minister?"

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