Details of this decision, however, are yet to be clarified by the state education department as well as universities. “Final-year results will be announced on the basis of aggregate marks scored by the student in the past semesters. He, however, had also clarified that in case the lockdown is extended till the end of June, the state government would have to rethink their plan to conduct exams for over eight lakh final-year students in Maharashtra. After Thackeray’s announcement, state cabinet minister Aaditya Thackeray took to Twitter to laud the CM’s decision. I also thank the state education minister and VCs of all state universities for their participation in the decision to keep the balance between safeguarding life and academic excellence,” read his tweet.

Source: Hindustan Times May 31, 2020 18:56 UTC