The new academic session for first year students to be admitted in various universities across the country will commence from October 1 this year, according to the University Grants Commission (UGC) guidelines.

According to the guidelines by UGC Secretary Rajnish Jain, universities and colleges will start the admission process only after the class 12 board results are declared. Directions have been given to other higher educational institutions that the admission process for the undergraduate (UG) course academic session for 2021-2022 will be started only after the class 12 board results are declared.