Coronavirus Impact: IIT Kanpur promotes students without exams, ends current semester

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur has decided to end the ongoing semester and promote all the students based on a special marking scheme which will also include mid-term marks. 

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur has announced that it has decided to end the ongoing semester and promote all the students based on a special marking scheme which will also include mid-term marks. 

The IIT Kanpur has decided to promote all the students without conducting any exam and not to fail any students. Further, final semester students will be given special credit relaxations, director of the institute Abhay Karandhikar informed.

“Ending some uncertainty for students, IIT-Kanpur has decided to close the current semester (2019-20-II). As a one-time exception, all the students will be awarded grades for their courses based on mid-semester exam/quizzes/assignments/projects, etc such other performance indicators obtained through online instruction during the suspension of the semester and as decided by the instructors. In the special grading scheme adopted specifically for these extraordinary times only A, B, C and S grades will be awarded and no student will fail,” the director twitted.

The S grade stands for satisfactory. He also added, the institute had decided to grant credit relaxations to the graduating batch to ensure that students graduate on time. The grading for courses will be completed by June 30, he informed.

Earlier, IIT Bombay had also announced that it is ending its spring semester. The institute also rescheduled its summer vacation from April 1 to May 31. 

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