Editor,
As concerned stakeholders and on behalf of our students we would like to bring to the attention of all regarding the anomalies in the functioning of the esteemed North Eastern Hill University’s Examination Department.
The NEHU Ordinance OC-15 Amended Provision on Academic Calendar of the University under section 26 (1) (q) of the NEHU Act 1973 states that “The University will have at least 180 days of actual teaching in a year, with at least 90 teaching days in a semester“.
Keeping this mandate in mind let me now proceed.
NEHU issued the Academic Calendar for Undergraduate Courses for Affiliated Colleges of NEHU (2025-26) (check the NEHU website), wherein NEHU notified that regular classes for the Even semester in colleges are to begin on 12.02.2026. Keeping in mind the mandated actual teaching days of 90 days per semester, as stated above, NEHU has issued a notification dated April 24, 2,026 bearing.No: AR/ UG/FYUP/Programme/2025-5499 notifying Theory examinations for the Even semester from May 19, 2026.
In light of the above and keeping in mind the dates, we fail to rationalise as to how NEHU can schedule and notify the examination dates for the Even semester UG students from 19.05.2026 when the minimum 90 actual teaching days criterion is not fulfilled?
Kindly do the simple math, from the date of the resumption of classes as per the academic calendar 12.02.2026 till the date of the present Even semester exam i.e. 19.05.2026 there are 96 days which also include Sundays as well as other national and state holidays.
How does NEHU make ordinances and flout them? How do they expect college teachers to do justice to the NEP syllabus? How do they expect these first batch of students, who with no NEP exposure in their earlier education levels, i.e., schools acclimatize to the syllabus load especially those in the 6th and 4th Semester who have 4 honours papers? Strangely when one looks at the PG Academic Calendar, the same criterion stated above is fulfilled because the University re-opening date is 12.02.2026 and the scheduled date of PG Even Semester examination is 18.06.2026.
A Basaiawmoit
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