Delay in appointment of guest faculty: Academic calendar for UG, PG courses revised

To marque up for the hold successful the assignment of impermanent module for Government First Grade Colleges successful the State, the authorities has revised the world calendar for undergraduate and postgraduate courses for the world twelvemonth 2025-26.

The Department of Higher Education connected Tuesday issued a revised calendar of events that should beryllium followed by 25 State-run universities connected Tuesday. This alteration volition interaction astir 3.2 lakh students successful 440 authorities first-grade colleges crossed Karnataka.

The revised calendar differs from 1 assemblage to another, depending connected their earlier schedule. For example, the semester astatine Mysore University was primitively scheduled from July 30 to October 23, but it has present been extended until November 22. For Bengaluru University, the extremity of semester is present November 29 alternatively of the earlier October 28.

This determination is an effort by the Department to compensate for the nonaccomplishment of classes suffered by students successful the lack of impermanent faculty. This hold allows students to hole for exams with little pressure.

On Monday, the authorities had ordered the re-appointment of astir 10,500 impermanent lecturers who had worked earlier for the ongoing semester.