UP govt releases new academic calendar 2020-21 for universities, classes to resume from July 6

UP Government released the new academic calendar for the session 2020-21 for all the higher education institutions i.e. universities and colleges of the state.

UP Government released new academic calendar for the session 2020-21 for all the higher education institutions i.e. universities and colleges of the state. According to the new academic calendar released by the government, all universities and colleges in UP will resume their classes from July 6, 2020, onwards. The state also asked universities and colleges to complete the fresh admission process by August 14, 2020, and begin the academic session for new students from August 17, 2020.

New Academic Calendar for Uttar Pradesh Universities and Colleges

According to the new academic calendar released by the government, classes for existing students i.e. the students of the second, third, fourth and fifth-semester will commence from July 6. On similar lines, the admission process for new students will start on August 14 with classes resuming on August 17, 2020.

The detailed calendar released by the Uttar Pradesh government for college and universities of the state is given below:

Academic Event	Date
Classes Resume for Existing Students	6-Jul-2020
UG  / PG Admission Begins	14-Aug-2020
Classes Resume for Fresh / 1st Year Students	17-Aug-2020
Odd Semester Exam (3rd, 5th, 7thSem)	Last Week of Nov 2020
First Semester Exams Begins	3rd Week of Dec 2020
Classes for Even Semester Resume (except 2nd Sem)	1-January-2021
Classes for 2nd Sem Students Resume	15-January-2021
Practical & Viva Voce	27-January-2021 to 20-February-2021
Annual Exams (except for 1st Year Students)	5-March-2021 to 30-April-2021
Annual Exams for 1st Sem Students	1-April-2021 to 30-April-2021
Exams for Even Semester (except 2nd Sem)	20-April-2021 to 20-May-2021
Exams for 2nd Semester Students	9-May-2021 to 28-May-2021
Results	15-June-2021

Meanwhile, in the revised academic calendar, the Principal Secretary (higher education), Monika S Garg, also directed the Universities and Colleges to cut winter holidays and other off days to increase the total number of teaching days. This will also help the faculty to complete the pending syllabus. Also, the universities based in green zone districts are asked to begin the evaluation of answer sheets for already conducted exams immediately. The exams that were conducted in the Universities situated in orange and red zones are asked to transport the answer sheets to the green zone and complete the evaluation after due discussion with the district officer.

With this academic calendar, it is expected that Aligarh Muslim Universities (AMU), Banaras Hindu University (BHU) and other prominent academic institution of higher education institutes will release their calendars soon. 

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