Mumbai University Exams 2020: Mumbai University Exams Conducted between July 1 to July 30, 2020

Mumbai University Exams 2020 to be conducted in July

On Friday, the Maharashtra Education Minister Uday Samant announced that the Mumbai University Exams 2020 will be held for the final year students in the month of July. Also, he said that the first and the second year students need not appear for the  Maharashtra University Exam. 

Mark Calculation formula for 1st and 2nd year

As per the announcement, the first and second-year students of the state universities will be promoted using a 50-50 percent gradation formula. Under this method, 50 percent weightage will be given to performances in previous years and 50 percent weightage will be given to their current year performances.

Expert Committee Decision

On Thursday, Sawant tweeted that the Committee of Vice-Chancellors had presented their report to the government. The suggestions and recommendations were discussed in detail with Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.

The education minister tweeted “The Examinations for Higher and Technical Education will be declared on 08/05/2020 at 1 pm,” on Thursday.

The announcement comes after the report submitted by an expert committee. The committee was formed to create a concrete plan for the current and upcoming academic year. The committee was constituted of the vice-chancellors of state universities, Directorate of Technical Education (DTE), and directors of state Common Entrance Test (CET) division, among other experts. The final decision on conducting the exams will be taken around 20 June depending upon the prevailing COVID-19 condition in the state.

Previously, Aaditya Thackeray on Thursday had tweeted on the road map for university students that the government is planning to release within a maximum of 2 days. To students who were worried about exams, he had said to calm down and trust the Minister. "Like I said, it will be a plan that is fair to all," he had tweeted on Thursday.