Bengaluru: Ending the uncertainty over the start of First Grade Colleges for the academic year 2020-21 amid COVID-19 crisis, Deputy Chief Minister Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan, who is also the Higher Education Minister, on Wednesday said that the new academic year (2020-21) of Degree Colleges will commence online on a full-scale from Sept. 1 and the offline (physical) classes from Oct. 1.
Speaking to presspersons here yesterday, Dr. Ashwathnarayan said that following a directive of University Grants Commission (UGC), the State has made all necessary preparations for starting academic activities for the year 2020-21.However, the State is awaiting guidelines from the Centre on the conduct of classes, he said.
