ICAR Advisories to Agricultural Universities during COVID-19 pandemic (Agricultural Education)

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has posed an unprecedented situation and new challenges for agricultural education being offered in various agricultural universities across the country. The ICAR has taken several immediate measures to ensure continuity in teaching- learning process. As a part of these initiatives, based on UGC Guidelines for the Universities in view of COVID-19 pandemic and in consultation with academic experts and administrators of agricultural universities, the ICAR has articulated the following advisories for the betterment of academic ambiance in the agricultural universities. These guidelines include advisories on Curricula delivery through e-learning, Implementation of Student READY, Rescheduling of Academic Session 2020-21, Conduct of ICAR-All India Entrance Examination for Admission (ICAR-AIEEA), Examinations and Evaluation and Students Research and its Evaluation.