The monsoon end semester exam will be held from 12th December 2019 to 20th December 2019 at JNU (Jawaharlal Nehru University). For the monsoon semester, the last date to apply for the exam of M. Phil. Dissertation/Ph. D thesis is 31st December 2019.
The varsity has released a notice in view of the ongoing agitation by the students against the fee hike. In the notice, the University has said that due to the ongoing strike by a group of students, thousands of students who wish to take part in the JNU academic programmes and plan to complete the academic requirements for persistence in the university are badly affected.
Since the university calendar has been accepted by the Executive Council and the Academic Council, there is going to be no relaxation in the above deadlines, the notice released by the varsity also said.
Going with the academic calendar of the university, the end semester results will be released on 30th December 2019.
Additionally, the notice also has significant extracts from the academic ordinances connected to the award of the degree and deciding the fail/pass status of a student. The university has given extracts which have information about the minimum marks to qualify, the condition that can lead to the elimination of the name of the student from a programme, credit requirements, etc.
Jawaharlal Nehru University students, backed by the members of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers Association are protesting against the university’s choice to implement the fee hike.
The University also announced a major rollback of fee hike 2 days after the students staged a mass protest. The protesting students called it as an eyewash and the agitation has not reduced yet. Meanwhile, Jawaharlal Nehru University students union will take out a march to parliament on today i.e. 18th November 2019 Monday, to protest against the hostel fee hike.