RTMNU’s academic calendar needs approval from Academic Council

 

 

 

The novel coronavirus pandemic has disturbed all schedules and the academic calendar of Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University (RTMNU) is no exception. Every year RTMNU’s classes begin on June 26 but this time all schedules got disturbed. Obviously university has prepared its academic calendar a bit late. Now Vice Chancellor Dr Subhash Chaudhary will fix a date for academic council meeting where the academic calendar will get approval. Dr Chaudhary told ‘The Hitavada’, “In any case classes are not likely to resume before August.”

 

Though Government unlocked everything it has not relaxed the restrictions on schools and colleges, the classes of which still have not resumed. Since university issues its academic calendar by first week of June, this time it is taking time. Colleges are finding it difficult to prepare their own timetable. Dr Chaudhary said, “We are aware of the plight of colleges. But we too are helpless. In corona pandemic everything has changed. In fact for the last few days I along with our Pro Vice Chancellor Dr Sanjay Dudhe and others have prepared the academic calendar. We have checked all probabilities and found that the classes can be started from the month of August.

 

We will fix the meeting of Academic Council soon and in the same meeting we have to get the academic calendar approved.” Dr Feroz Haidry, HoD Urdu at Vasantrao Naik Institute of Arts and Social Sciences said, “We are finding it difficult to plan our classes. But we can understand the present situation must have compelled university authorities to delay the process. We are ready to cooperate with university.”

NCC to be elective course Dr Subhash Chaudhary informed ‘The Hitavada’ now NCC is to be elective course in the university. RTMNU has started the process to accommodate it. In fact the NEP has made the provision. Today, Uday Samant, Minister of Higher and Technical Education, in a video conference of universities announced that NCC should be elective course. Flt Lt Shiwalee Deshpande (retired) in an interview to ‘The Hitavada’ had expressed her wish that such arrangement be made in the curriculum itself.

 

Availability of standard material In the video conference of the Minister of HIgher and Technical Education Uday Samant with Vice Chancellor of the State Universities, Dr Subhash Chaudhary, Vice Chancellor of RTMNU suggested that a uniform standard learning material should be made available on-line. The minister welcomed the idea and has decided to go with it. Accordingly a committee was formed to look after the modalities of preparing standardised uniform study material.