After successfully conducting the JEE mains examination, Dhanbad is now gearing up to hold university examinations.

Binod Bihari Mahto Koylanchal University, which has already secured the nod of state Higher, Technical Education and Skill development department, is now busy making arrangement to conduct the sixth (final) semester examination of all undergraduate courses (BA, B Sc, B Com) from September 21 in adherence to examination related SOPs of Ministry of Home affairs.

Notably, more than 30000 students are to appear for the sixth (final) semester exam scheduled at 37 centres spread across Dhanbad and Bokaro.

Talking to The Telegraph Online today, Anjani Kumar Srivastava, BBMKU vice chancellor, said “there will be foolproof arrangement at the all the 37 examination centers. Instead of the usual practice of three students seating on each bench, only one student will be accommodated at one bench. We will also see to it that sufficient space is maintained between two benches at the examination hall”

“We have increased the number of examination centers to 37 from 14 in order to maintain social distancing. At the same time, we have also made provision of holding the examinations at the home centers, meaning students wll appear for the examination at their college to maximum possible extent in order to avoid travelling difficulties to the students to distant examination centers due to lack of transport" added Srivatava.

“ In case of lack of availability of space at home center, examination will be held at the nearest centre from their college” said Srivastava and added that the examination will be of two hours instead of three hours and will be held in two seatings from from 9 am to 11am and again from 1 pm to 3 pm or 2 pm to 4 pm.

“The gap between the two seatings will be used for carrying out proper sanitization of the examination centres” said Srivastava, adding that full sanitization of premises would also be carried out before the examination.

Wearing masks would be mandatory for all the examinees and staff.

“We are also considering the option of holding the other, smaller (in terms of students) examination before September 21 for which we have also obtained the sanction” said Srivastava.

He also said that post graduation fourth (final) semester examination will be held after September 30 while the publication of results will be ensured before October 15.

Notably, the post graduation admissions in BBMKU are also pending due to the pending final semester examination of undergraduate courses although the undergraduate courses admissions are under progress and likely to completed before September 15 as the publication of plus two results of CBSE, ICSE and JAC were held in July itself.

BBMKU, earlier on July 22 issued a notification for holding semester exams of undergraduate and post graduate course besides various professional courses except for the final semester exams from August 4 but again postponed the examination in view of repeated protest by the students and protests in apprehension of spread of Covid infection.

The university finally on August 6 decided to promote the students of semester I and III of post graduation course and semester III and V of the undergraduate course on basis of internal examination marks and previous semester examination performance.