Education Minister visits special exam centre for Mangalore Univ students
Source: The Sangai Express / DIPR
Imphal, September 16 2020:
Education Minister Dr Thokchom Radheshyam today visited the special examination centre arranged by the State Government for students appearing in examinations conducted by Mangalore University at the Manipur International University Administrative HQ, Ghari.
Around 60 students from different colleges affiliated to Mangalore University will be appearing in the final year examinations of undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
Fifteen students appeared on the first day of the examination today.
The Minister said that the special arrangement of examination centres for the students of the State pursuing their education at the various affiliated colleges and departments of Mangalore University was made due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The students were facing difficulties due to restrictions and were unable to appear for the examinations in Karnataka.
Dr Th Radheshyam also informed that the examinations are being conducted offline and that the examination questions were digitally sent by the University on the same day and the questions were accessed with a unique code after download.
The examinations, which commenced from today will be held till October 13.Necessary Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for safe conduct of examinations were strictly followed as directed by the Government maintaining physical distance in the examination rooms.
Mangalore University is one of the prestigious Universities in Karnataka.
Many prominent institutions, including Alva's College (Moodbidri), Vivekananda College (Puttur), Shree Devi College (Mangalore), Sharada College (Mangalore), etc., are affiliated to Mangalore University.
The Minister also informed that a consultation meeting with the student representatives of Dhanamanjuri University (DMU) was held yesterday the on the modalities of the ensuing examinations.
It was attended by the Vice - Chancellor, Registrar, Principals, teachers and officials concerned.