Universities given ultimatum

The Ministry of Education has clarified to universities that remote exams for the current winter semester are mandatory for schools and faculties that are under occupation, holding the leaderships of the institutions and academics accountable for any loss of the examination period for students. 

On January 25, the ministry had issued a circular to institutions of higher education stating that under the current circumstances of occupation online exams are obligatory under the law.

"The conduct of student examinations, written and oral, is also allowed through electronic means (digital examinations) where it is not possible to conduct the assessment of students in person or use the infrastructure of institutions of higher education to conduct the examination process," the circular noted. 

This was followed on January 29 by an extended meeting of the Rectors'...