A day after the state government's strong stand that there will be no final year examinations to ensure students' safety amid the pandemic, a tweet by former education minister Ashish Shelar, about an agriculture college in Amravati going to stamp a 'promoted COVID-19' remark on mark sheets, has sparked off another controversy. Agricultural Minister Dadaji Bhuse has initiated a probe saying there is no such decision by the government to mention this on marksheets.

'Unfair to students'
Shelar has referred to a local news report from Amravati, which said that the Shivaji College of Horticulture has decided to use the remark on marksheets following an order of agriculture universities headed by the agriculture minister. "It is clear from this that there will be such remarks on marksheets from agricultural universities. It is really wrong and unfair to students. We had been giving suggestions to avoid such damage to students," tweeted Shelar along with a copy of the news report from Amravati.