Chennai: Online class for all students studying in engineering, arts and science, except for first year students, will begin on August 9, the Higher Education Minister K Ponmudi told reporters in Chennai on Wednesday.
The online semester exam for this student ends in the third week of July.
Colleges are awaiting nods from the Department of Higher Education to start online classes for 2021-22.
Speaking to reporters after a meeting with representatives of professional consortiums and art of self-funding and the science college in Tamil Nadu, the minister said the government would take steps to make a accompaniment for internal and written exams in engineering uniforms in all universities in all universities in all universities in all universities in all universities in all universities in all universities “While the University of Anna campus provides 50% consideration for internal and written examinations, the weight for affiliated colleges is 20% for internal and 80% for written exams.
The consortium provides a representation to make weights for internal and written exam uniforms for all universities,” Ponmudi said.
In the number of applications, the minister said 41,363 applications were accepted for engineering receipt counseling in two days.
“We expect more applications in the coming days because TNEA gives up to August 24 to apply for engineering counseling.
For art and science, 1,26,748 students have registered in the last two days,” he said.
There are 1,00,102 seats available at 143 College of Arts and Government Science.
The Collegiate Education Directorate facilitates acceptance to this college online through www.tngasa.in and www.tngasa.org portal.
“In addition to applying online, students can also create individual applications to government art and science colleges,” he added.
He further said the reopening of the college would be announced in consultation with the main minister and medical expert after the Covid-19 case subsided.
“Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, we will direct all universities not to collect more than 75% of tuition fees for this year,” said Ponmudi.
The minister said the Ministry of Higher Education was also considering eliminating the norms whose mandates and students of Technology B to clear all papers in the first year to qualify to be promoted until the last year.
Online class to start on August 9: Min
