Deputy Chief Minister and Higher Education Minister C.N. Ashwath Narayan on Wednesday announced that full-time online classes for degree students will commence from September 1 and colleges will be reopened from October.
He told media persons here that the State government was awaiting guidelines from the Centre regarding reopening of colleges. “As per the guidelines of UGC, exams for final year students, be it degree, diploma or engineering, will be held before September. Exams for students who have backlogs will also be held.”
Ashwath Narayan also said that those opposing the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET), scheduled to be held on September 13, had “vested interests” and that the State would coordinate with the Center for conducting NEET successfully.