Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Assam Don Bosco University recently inaugurated the new academic year on YouTube with a theme “Searching for Meaning in the bits and pieces of Life” at the Tapesia Campus of the university.
While inaugurating the new academic year, Vice-Chancellor Fr. (Dr.) Stephen Mavely said, “We are living through an extraordinary time with this COVID-19 Pandemic throwing our lives out of gear. Times as such call for just one thing that is resilience to fight against it, to overcome, to survive, and to flourish once again. That is why we have started doing and we shall keep doing it. As of now, here at Don Bosco University, we have resolved that we will do everything to ensure our students come out toppers living right through this pandemic and its challenges that keep testing our strength and peace of mind. It is against this backdrop; the University has designed a theme for our new academic year that is - Searching for meaning in the bits and pieces of life. Despite the difficult situation, all our faculties have successfully conducted online classes for the students. We have also successfully conducted online examinations for final year students. Apart from that, all our faculty members have undergone training preparing them to be proficient practitioners of online teaching and learning.”
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The inaugural session was attended by Fr. Johny Jose, Registrar, Assam Don Bosco University, directors of different schools, and faculty members of the University.
Gauhati University has decided to conduct both online and offline examinations in view of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Postgraduate (PG) Final Examinations of Gauhati University for the year 2020, which is scheduled to start from September 2020, will be held in the online mode. The Undergraduate (UG) Examinations will be held both in the online and offline mode.
The controller of examinations of the university is expected to publish the standard operating procedure (SOP) of this new mode of exams shortly.
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