#NoMoreWaitUGC and #IAmAgainstExamsinCovid Flood Twitter: Students Raise Their Issues As SC Hearing on UGC Guidelines Adjourned Till August 14

Final year university students and aspirants of JEE and NEET have all flood their Twitter timeline disagreeing to the decision of conducting exams amid COVID-19 pandemic. Delhi, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha and Punjab have cancelled their university exams for all the batches in view of the increasing number of coronavirus cases. Again, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have cancelled the exams except for final years. On the other hand, after repeated pleas by students to postpone competitive exams like JEE and NEET went unnoticed, they are now clicking their videos with #IamAgainstExamsinCovid, explain their issue. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court hearing on UGC guidelines on university exams is adjourned till August 14, 2020. Amid this rising concern over whether or not examinations should be held during this time, students flood Twitter #NoMoreWaitUGC and #IAmAgainstExamsinCovid.

#NoMoreWaitUGC is a significant hashtag, which is running almost every other day on social media, as the decision to whether cancel the final year exams or not is getting delayed. As per the last hearing at Supreme Court, the University Grants Commission (UGC) was granted time to respond on Delhi and Maharashtra governments’ affidavits saying they have cancelled exams amid the pandemic, citing disaster management guidelines. The apex court was hearing a bunch of pleas challenging a UGC circular, dated July 6, 2020, which mandated universities across the country to conduct final year exams by the end of September, 2020. The matter next will be heard on August 14, 2020—further delay over the decision. Students are worried about their future and once again flood Twitter timeline with #NoMoreWaitUGC, urging the commission to cancel the final year exams.

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On the other hand, the National Testing Agency (NTA) scheduled Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) Main between September 1 and 6, JEE Advanced on September 27 and National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) on September 13, 2020. A petition has been filed before the SC seeking a direction to NTA for postponement of both NEET and JEE till normalcy return. With no response from the authorities yet, students took to Twitter, with ##IAmAgainst_ExamsInCovid explaining why they are against appearing in the competitive exams during COVID-19 pandemic.

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This year has been quite hectic for students. The uncertainty of conducting examinations is tortuous for students. They are suffering because of the various decision-making misadventures. Delhi University is holding online open-book exams for final year UG and PG students; however, the experience is proving stressful for students.

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