On Tuesday, University Grants Commission(UGC) has released a academic calendar for first year under-graduate and post-graduate students for the session 2020-2021. According to the UGC calendar, the academic session for freshers will begin in November, the delay will also impact the next academic session as well and there will be no summer and winter break.
The UGC also stated that as a one time-measure, parents and students will get full refund of fees on account of all cancellation of admissions/ migration of students, up to November 30, 2020.
Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal tweeted. “In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Commission has accepted the Report of the Committee and approved the @ugc_india Guidelines on Academic Calendar for the First Year of Under-Graduate and Post-Graduate Students of the Universities for the Session 2020-21,”
