Jadavpur University rejects UGC recommended “Cow Science” exam
UGC has written to 900 institutions to encourage their students to take the exam.
Jadavpur University has turned down the University Grants Commission’s (UGC) recommended “Cow Science” examination, a national-level exam to test knowledge on gau vigyan (cow science). The UGC has written to vice-chancellors of 900 institutions across the country to encourage students to enrol in the “Cow Science” exam.
Cow Science exam, also known as “Kamdhenu Gau Vigyan Prachar-Prasar Examination”, has now been postponed. It was earlier scheduled for February 25, 2021. No information on the new date is known yet.
According to Jadavpur University Facebook page: “The University has always upheld a Scientific and Secular form of education since its inception. Holding this examination will be a compromise with its eternal philosophy.” The post also adds that with COVID 19 causing most universities to suffer from lack of funds, teachers feel that research should have been conducted in government funded scientific disciplines. “Instead, the current exam tries to push a particular unscientific philosophy on the current generation of students,” the Facebook post states.
Jadavpur University authorities added portions from the Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog (the organising body) study material for the exam, which mentioned that “people who had cow dung put on their walls remained unaffected in the Bhopal Gas tragedy”. It also mentions that a particular place where cows have been killed continuously for some years are more prone to earthquakes.
Jadavpur University has appealed to other colleges and the UGC to “rethink the unscientific direction this examination will give to education system of the country”.
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