
Postpone semester examinations: AUT
The Hindu
‘Students will not be able to go to post office to despatch answer scripts’
Association of University Teachers (AUT) has urged Bharathidasan University to postpone the re-scheduled semester examinations, originally scheduled for April, slated to begin from June 15 in view of the lockdown. Citing the notification on examination postponement by Anna University to June 21, Association State general secretary M.S. Balamurugan said the lockdown would make it impossible for students to buy examinatin stationery and visit the post office/courier office to despatch the answer scripts by 2 p.m.
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