New Delhi: The University Grants Commission will be organising ‘Cow Science Exam’ on February 25. The UGC has also asked institutes to encourage students to enroll in ‘Cow Science Exam’.
More than 5 lakh people in the country will be appearing for the online exam on the “holy cow” on Thursday.
UGC wrote to Vice Chancellors of 900 universities requesting them to urge the students to participate in the examination which is otherwise known as Kamdhenu Gau Vigyan Prachar- Prasar Examination.
Who is conducting the ‘Cow Science Exam’?
The Cow Science exam is being conducted by Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog, an agency that protects the cows under the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying.
About the Cow Science Exam
The Cow Science Exam will be conducted in five categories – primary students (upto Class 8), secondary students (from Class 9 to 12), college and university students, the general public, and NRIs.
Apart from English, the exam will be conducted in 11 regional languages – Hindi, Gujarati, Sanskrit, Punjabi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Bengali, Telugu and Odia.
The Union Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying said all the participants will be getting certificates while “successful meritorious candidates” will be given prizes as well.