bengaluru the karnataka government has decided to promote all intermediate semester students of ug and pg programmes based on internal assessment and previous semester marks the exams for the final year students will be conducted before september end the decision is applicable for all courses including engineering and diploma for the academic year 201920intermediate semester students will be assessed based on a comprehensive evaluation scheme with internal assessment marks and previous yearssemesters marks considered in a 5050 ratio for students in their first semesteryear the evaluation will be completely based on internal assessment marks the exam for final year students can be onlineoffline or in a blended modeif students want to better their scores provisions will be made for them to face examinations during the next semester and students who fail to succeed in the comprehensive evaluation process shall face examinations for respective subjects during the next semester backlog subjects will be allowed to carry over as well said higher education minister c n ashwath narayan on fridaycovid19 has jolted the education system the cardinal concern the government had was to safeguard the future of our student friends while keeping them away from contracting infections and keep them in good health this decision has been arrived at after thorough consultations with academic experts and university vcsashwath narayan cn minister for higher educationcovid19 has disrupted the education system classes could not be held on time online learning introduced during the lockdown has received good responses and the government promptly tried its best to reach the last person in the chain amid these the government mulled on conducting offline classes and examinations too but owing to increase in the viral spread those thoughts have been dropped and it has been decided to pass and promote all intermediate semester students concerned universities have been intimated to conduct examinations for all the final yearsemester students he said governor of karnataka who is also the chancellor of all universities has given his assent for the samethe government has taken this decision after consulting educationists and university vice chancellors and taking into consideration students health well being and future the minister said defending the decision academic evaluation forms the core of the higher education system and hence academic performance of students needs to be considered companies too will base their assessments on an individual students academic excellence and grades heshe secured thus it would be pushing the students to danger in the future if examinations were not to be conducted now in this regard all universities have been informed to prepare themselves and make suitable arrangements for the conduct of final semester examinations said the minister who is also the deputy chief minister for the stateonline classes to begin from september 1 2020online classes for the academic year 202021 will begin from september 1 and offline classes from october 1 all universities and affiliated colleges have been directed to make suitable arrangements in that regard he addeda helpline number has been setup for the concerns