new delhi the new academic session of universities across the country will start in september a delay of 2 months due to the lockdown the colleges will remain closed till then but the attendance for all students will be marked 100 per cent for this periodthe university grants commission ugc had constituted a special committee for when and how to start a new session in universities this sevenmember committee constituted by the ugc has submitted its report on examrelated issues and academic calendarin its report submitted to the ugc the committee said during the lockdown the attendance of all the students was to be recorded significantly the recommendation made by the committee can be approved by the ugc next week the attendance of students is being recorded so that all the students can appear in the final examinationsthe committee appointed by the ugc said in its recommendation all colleges across the country should function 6 days a week depending on the situation the new session for higher education in the country should be held from september instead of july the committee is in favour of continuing colleges on saturdays as wellthe committee in another recommendation said while the new academic session for firstyear students starts from september 1 for second and thirdyear students this academic session can be started from august 1the committee said in its recommendations that viva be taken between may 16 and 30 both internal assessment and viva will be taken online