UoH Announces Summer Vacation From Monday

Hyderabad: The University of Hyderabad (UoH) on Friday announced summer vacation for students and faculty from May 10 to June 8 in view of the surge in Covid-19 cases across the country, including among the university community.

The decision to advance the summer vacation was taken after a review meeting with the deans and heads convened by the Vice-Chancellor. Students would be instructed to return to the safety of their homes, according to a press release.

While the university would consider cases of students from cities where a lockdown has already been imposed, all post-graduate students would be asked to vacate their hostel rooms and return home within the next few days, the UoH said, adding that this includes research scholars who had been given an opportunity to return to pursue their research.

As decided at the meeting, classes would resume on June 9 and continue up to July 20. Examinations would be conducted from July 21. Classes for the next semester would commence from August 2, it said.

“Given the current situation, we want the maximum number of students to return to the safety of their homes. Ever since the pandemic struck, non-teaching staff have been working non-stop and with the increasing numbers, they too need a break. We are also concerned about the increasing number of cases both in the case of staff or their family members,” UoH, Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Appa Rao Podile said.

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