Punjab Government announces summer vacations for colleges and universities

The Punjab Government on Thursday decided to declare the summer vacation in the Government Colleges and Universities of the state from May 15 to June 15. Currently, the state is under the third phase of lockdown, imposed to contain the spread of coronavirus. The Minister for Higher Education and Languages Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa 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. Meanwhile, the teachers are helping the students in every possible way to complete the remaining syllabus. He also said that as per the guidelines of the Lakhanpal Committee constituted by the Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh to come out of the lockdown and University Grants Commission (UGC), the examinations of the University and College students could be taken from July 1. During a meeting with the Vice-Chancellors of the universities on these guidelines, it was also agreed that the next academic session would start in September. Bajwa said that in the wake of the above circumstances it was felt that the summer vacations in universities and colleges should be announced during these days so that after the holidays the teachers would come refreshed to work on examinations and new admissions. He also said that a proposal sent by the department for declaring holidays has been approved by the Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh. Also Read | Italian researchers claim to have developed coronavirus vaccine: Report Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa also said that the orders of the government regarding summer vacations would reach the universities' on Thursday. -PTC News