Vijayawada: Regardless of the daily surge in Coronavirus infections, and numerous boards deferring the tests, JNTU-Kakinada is proceeding with its very first term engineering examinations in the beginning of May.Nearly 50,000 trainees from eight districts-- Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, East Godavari, West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur and Prakasam-- are to attend the tests at 241 associated colleges.

The exams are to be held from 10 am to 1 pm.

The trainees are likewise to attend first-semester mid-exams from April 26.

University authorities said they would be abiding by all standard operating procedures (SOPs) suggested by the Centre and the AP government versus the Coronavirus.

Only 12 trainees would be seated in a class space and six-feet distance would be preserved in between them.In addition, all students would need to use face masks and would be allowed to bring a bottle of sanitiser and a water bottle into the examination centre.

Students revealing Covid-19 signs or those contaminated with the infection will be seated separately.

The authorities stated that as per UGC standards a student has to stand for the final examination of every year to be allowed to go to the next.

The Supreme Court has actually upheld the standards, they said.Asked if the first semester exams could not be accepted those for the second semster at a later date, the authorities stated that they were dealing with opposition from students to the strategy.

However, the university authorities made the trainees compose examinations for both the semesters.The authorities say that as they had carried out all scheduled exams for engineering, business management, pharma and other courses for both UG and PG effectively throughout the first wave of Covid-19.

Another round of examinations was held just recently with the exception of very first year tests.

There were no reports of any student getting contaminated with the virus.

JNTU-K controller of exams Dr K.

Venkata Reddy stated, We are making all arrangements for conduct of mid-exams and the very first semester tests for the very first year engineering, pharma and architecture students to conserve the academic year.

As it is compulsory to perform the final exams before promoting the students to the next level, we have no alternative other than to do so.

A great variety of trainees and their parents raised issue over the holding of tests, saying that they may come down with the Coronavirus.