PATNA, June 1 -- The Chancellor's secretariat has written to all the vice-chancellors of state universities to ensure strict compliance of the uniform academic calendar for all semesters of UG programmes (CBCS) in accordance with the 2023 directive from the Lok Bhawan for uniformity across the state. The compliance has to be in ordinance and regulations for Bachelor of Arts/ Science/Commerce (Honours) four years programme under CBCS as per UGC (Curriculum and Credit Framework for Undergraduate Programmes) a uniform academic calendar for all semesters of UG programmes (CBCS) communicated to the universities by the Lok Bhawan. "It has to be followed in letter and spirit and only under exceptional circumstances, if any, a deviation of up to a maximum seven days is permitted," says the letter from Dipak Kumar Singh, additional chief secretary to the Governor. The move is to ensure uniformity across all universities of Bihar as well as with other Central universities to provide students the opportunity to avail the benefits of the provisions of multiple entry and exit, as envisaged under the National Education Policy (NEP), 2020. As per the schedule issued by the Lok Bhawan, the admission process for semester-1 has to begin on May 1 and close by June 30 to start classes from July 1. The schedule for mid-semester exam is September 11-16, while the end semester exams have to be held from November 27 to December 16, with publication of results on January 10. For odd semester (3, 5 & 7), the admission process has to be completed from June 20-30 for the classes to start from July 1. The timeline for mid-semester exams is September 11-16 and end semester exams is November 27 to December 1, with publication of results on January 10. The timeline for even semester (2,4,6 & 8) is January 4-9 for admission process, while the classes have to begin from January 4 itself, mid-semester exam March 15-20, end semester exam from May 6-24 and results on June 20. However, some universities have already witnessed delay in start of the admission process for 2026-30 session and it would be a challenge to cover the syllabus within the stipulated time if the session start also gets delayed. The odd semester results are also delayed. Timely publication of results is a must to adhere to the timeline, as is the case with central and other reputed universities, which publish results within 14-21 days....