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The Visva-Bharati University on Monday decided to postpone all examinations till further orders due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a notification said.<\/p>\n
The decision was taken at a meeting attended by heads of different \u2018bhavanas\u2019 (departments), under the Santiniketan-based central university, and vice-chancellor Prof Bidyut Chakraborty.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe university examinations (all semesters), including school certificate examination 2020, are hereby postponed until further notification,\u201d officiating registrar Asha Mukherjee said in the order.<\/p>\n
The notification was necessitated due to the \u201cmagnitude of the coronavirus pandemic\u201d raging in the country, it said.<\/p>\n
Students who are staying outside the campus need not come back now till further notice, the notification said.<\/p>\n
Schools, colleges and universities across the country have been shut since March 16, when the Centre announced a countrywide classroom shutdown as part of measures to contain the COVID-19 outbreak. A nationwide lockdown was announced on March 24, which came into effect the next day.<\/p>\n
While the government has eased several restrictions, schools and colleges continue to remain closed. <\/p>\n
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