Prof. Ahmed Ghallab Mohamed_ Aswan University President_ announced university’s preparations to hold the first semester exams, which will be held after the end of mid-year vacation, starting on 20th February, explaining that there is a strict plan to implement precautionary measures for the prevention of corona virus.
University President /Ahmed Ghallab added that exams schedules for all faculties will be announced successively so that students and Academic staff prepare for exams works , and final preparations first semester exams 2020/2021, as the university has the capabilities through which it can provide well-ventilated halls for exams committees and take into account Social distancing of one and a half meters between each student with wearing medical masks in various faculties and with applying all precautionary measures in light of confronting Corona virus, in order to ensure the safety of students, Academic staff, their assistants and all university employees, and working on harnessing all university’s capabilities to conduct exam works and working on the success of the first semester exams in light of the exceptional circumstances the country is going through.
Prof. Ahmed Ghallab explained that the university is striving to conduct examinations electronically, starting from next year, in frame of university’s plan for digital transformation, stressing the importance of digital transformation and working on the university’s commitment and full keenness to implement the directives of the state, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in cooperation with the Ministry of Communications to Transforming Egyptian universities into smart universities.
University president added that Aswan University have good ingredients in terms of technological infrastructure and availability of the Internet, that its efficiency has recently been upgraded, and that the university has a unified electronic platform for distance learning and processing of electronic examination centers at the university is being finalized in addition to the equipped research laboratories, whose results have appeared that Aswan University has achieved advanced places in international scientific rankings, and that the university works in frame of achieving Egypt’s vision and strategy for comprehensive development 2030.
Prof. Ahmed Ghallab indicated that the university’s preparations for receiving the second semester are underway by preparing lecture halls and research laboratories in all campuses of the university in the Sahari, Aswan Al-Gadeda and university hostels and working on implementing all precautionary measures to confront Corona virus from sterilizing buildings and gates with self-sterilization, and to carry out spraying and sterilization works regularly for educational facilities, availability of temperature measuring devices, ensuring that these measures are applied in order to ensure the safety of students, determining the extent of preparation of faculties to receive students to complete the study for second semester of this year in light of implementing precautionary measures, in frame of directives of Prof. Khaled Abdel Gaffer_ Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research and the Supreme Council of Universities.