Higher Education Department, Madhya Pradesh has announced the extension of application submission deadline for undergraduate and postgraduate examinations. Students can now submit their forms till May 31 without additional charges.

Taking to Twitter, Higher Education Department, MP announced that the decision was made due to the challenges faced by the candidates amid COVID-19 pandemic.

“Higher Education Minister Mohan Yadav announced that due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, many undergraduate and postgraduate students have not been able to fill their examination form. As per the order issued by the department, students will now be able to fill their examination forms till May 31 without any late fee and appear for the exams,” read the Tweet.

Earlier this month, the department announced that the UG and PG exams will be conducted in the month of June and July, in open-book format. The examinations for UG final year and PG fourth semester students will be held in June 2021 and results will be announced in July, reports NDTV.