Chandigarh (Media Bureau) The Punjab Government has decided to conduct summer vacation in all Government Colleges and Universities of the state from May 15 to June 15. This was informed by the Minister for Higher Education and Languages Tripat Rajinder Singh Bajwa. He further said that as per the information received from the universities and colleges, about 80 percent of the syllabus of the current semester / class has been completed and the teachers were assisting the students in every possible way to complete the remaining syllabus.
He said that as per the guidelines of Lakhanpal Committee and University Grants Commission set up by the Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh to come out of the lockdown, the examinations of the students of the universities and colleges could be conducted from July 1. It was also agreed in a meeting with the chancellors of the universities on these guidelines that the next academic session would be held in September.
Mr. Bajwa further said that in view of the above circumstances it was felt that the summer vacations in the universities and colleges should be canceled on these days so that after the vacations the teachers would be fully refreshed for the examinations and new admissions. He said that the proposal sent by the department for this holiday has been approved by the Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh. The Higher Education Minister said that the orders of the government regarding summer vacations would reach the universities today
