PU reschedules exams after syllabus discrepancy

Time of India

2 days ago

Chandigarh: Panjab University has rescheduled the BA/BSc second semester (non-NEP) exams for English, Hindi, and Punjabi elective subjects, originally set for May 26. The revised date is May 31, and the exams will be held from 2pm to 5pm at the same venues.
The change follows student objections in several colleges on Monday after they received question papers reportedly containing content beyond the prescribed syllabus. The issue first surfaced during the Punjabi elective exam and was later raised for Hindi and English as well.
These exams are meant for private, CDOE, re-appear, deficient, performance improvement, and additional category students who had enrolled under the old curriculum, before the introduction of the National Education Policy (NEP).
Controller of examinations Prof Jagat Bhushan explained that the confusion arose because the question papers were prepared under the NEP guidelines, which came into effect in colleges only last year. However, the students appearing for these exams belong to earlier batches for whom NEP was not applicable.
Taking note of the concerns, the university decided to reschedule the exams to ensure fairness.