COVID-19 Impact: Birsa Agricultural University postpones admission process until further notice

The varsity also announced its decision to return to the online mode of teaching by suspending all offline classes as precaution.

Birsa Agriculture University has postponed the counselling process for admission into postgraduate and PhD programmes until further notice owing to the shutdown of its administrative unit in wake of two staff members testing positive for COVID-19.

“Counselling for all PG and PhD programmes for admission scheduled on April 7, 9 and 12, is hereby postponed due to the second phase of Covid outbreak. The next schedule for Offline / Online counselling will be announced well in advance,” read a statement from the varsity.

While speaking on the postponement, BAU, Vice-chancellor Onkar Nath Singh, said, the decision to postpone admissions was taken after a meeting with all the deans of the varsity in the afternoon in the wake of the virus threat. Singh added that all the resident students of the varsity including staff have been asked to be alert and not venture out unnecessarily without taking enough mandatory precautions.

The varsity also announced its decision to return to the online mode of teaching by suspending all offline classes as a precaution.

Educational institutions, which started functioning earlier this year after being closed for months since last year’s lockdown, have been hit by an increasing number of Covid-19 cases.

Last week, over two dozen students and staff of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) in Bundu got infected with the virus forcing authorities to seal the school as a precaution.

Bishop Westcott boys in Namkum too closed after a few students and teachers tested positive during the same time. In Jamshedpur too, at least three schools were shut down owing to Covid cases. 

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