PANJIM: Goa University (GU) has dropped winter vacation for academic year 2020-21 for all its under graduation programmes.
GU has infomred that the First term of new academic year will be from September 1 to November 30 while exams xams for 1st term will be held between 4th to 23rd December 2020.
“First term of new academic year will be from 1st September to 30th November. Exams for 1st term will be held between 4th to 23rd December 2020.” states the GU circular
Further it states that Second term for academic year 2020-21, will commence from 4th January 2021 to 13th May 2021. Exams for 2nd term will be held between 3rd May 2021 to 19th June 2021.
The colleges, affiliated to Goa University, will commence classes for new academic year 2020-21 from September 1 via online mode.
The educational institutions in the State are shut since mid-March in view of COVID-19 pandemic.
The University had initially decided to commence its academic year from August 1, following the directions from the University Grants Commission. However, the same was postponed.