No exams for 2nd, 4th semester UG students

They will be promoted based on past performance and internal assessments

Universities in the State have decided to promote second and fourth semester students in undergraduate programmes without conducting the examination as per the University Grants Commission (UGC) guidelines. However, they have decided to collect examination fees, a decision that has student organisations up in arms given that fees can be as high as ₹1,800. As per the UGC guidelines, intermediate semester students should be assessed based on their internal evaluation marks of the current semester and previous semester marks. Final year students will have to appear for the examination. Universities in Karnataka, which have passed the resolution of the new evaluation process in their respective syndicate meetings, defended their decision to charge examination fees. Ramesh B., Registrar (Evaluation), Bengaluru City University (BCU) said the varsity is collecting examination fees as it still has to process the results.