Lucknow University postpones exam after 50 students found COVID positive

LU will re-schedule all the examinations between January 15 and 31.

The Lucknow University (LU) has postponed the examinations scheduled to begin from Friday after as many as 50 students tested positive for COVID-19.

The university has deferred examination. It will re-schedule all the examinations between January 15 and 31. The next examination schedule will be announced shortly.

Out of 50 students, 32 are from the Habibullah Boys' hostel, 10 from Mahmudabad Boys' hostel and eight from Lal Bahadur Shastri Boys' hostel.

An M.Sc student, residing in the Nivedita Girls’ hostel, has also tested positive with Coronavirus infection, she later left the hostel with her guardian.

The University Administration has conducted test of remaining students of the hostel and reports are awaited.

Meanwhile, Lucknow University Associated College Teachers’ Association (LUACTA) has also threatened to boycott examinations in view of rise COVID cases on the campus.

LU administration has assured that it will quarantine all infected students in the hostel itself. They will be given food in disposables while those who want to go home will be permitted to leave if their guardians come to pick them up and their condition is not serious.

It has also advised students to not travel to university and stay where they are till the university administration issues order for everyone to report back to campus.

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