Delhi University Open Book Examination 2020 guidelines for PG Students released, check details here

The University clearly stated that the authorities cannot conduct the examinations through conventional methods and this is why the varsity plans to go ahead with the ‘open book exam’.

Delhi University released the Open Book Exams, OBE guidelines and policies for final semester students for all PG programmes for academic session 2019-20. The University clearly stated that the authorities cannot conduct the examinations through conventional methods and this is why the varsity plans to go ahead with the ‘open book exam’.

An official notification in this regard is released on the official website of DU stating, “Guidelines/policies related with the conduct of Open Book Examinations (OBE) remotely for final semester/term/year students for all PG programmes including students registered with NCWEB and SOL for PG courses in view of the COVID-19 pandemic as a one-time measure for the academic session 2019-20.”

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DU OBE Guidelines for PG Students

1. The OBE do not entirely require the online platform and require only limited access to internet and hardware for downloading the question papers prior to the commencement of examination and for uploading the answer sheets after completion of the examination.
2. The examinations of final semester/term/year shall begin as per the datesheet notified separately by the respective departments, centre and faculty for all PG programmes in regular mode as registered with the departments as well as for those registered with NCWEB and School of Open Learning. No separate information shall be sent to the students by the examination branch in this regard.
3. In case of any query or inconsistency in the datesheets, the students are advised to contact their respective department, centre and faculty as the case may be through e-mode without any delay.
4. Students who have appeared for the OBE and wish to improve their grades shall also be given chance to improve their grades as per the cycle of semester in a year i.e. papers listed for odd semester can be attempted in January, 2021 and for even semester in May/June 2021 as per applicable syllabus and scheme of examinations based on the schedule/datesheet notified for the purpose
5. All students should also ensure that their examination forms for the respective courses have already been filled.
6. The admission tickets for the students of PG programmes for the academic session 2019-20 shall be available on the examination portal from 10th June, 2020 onwards. The students can download the same from the link provided on the University website. For any difficulty, the students may send their queries to edpcellexam@gmail.com
7. The students should remain in contact with their department. Besides using the official e-mail and SMS services, messaging apps like WhatsApp may also be adopted by the department for sending important information to the students as per requirement.

Post Graduate students who are supposed to appear for the DU Open Book Exams 2020 can check the whole set DU OBE Guidelines 2020 HERE

DU Guidelines for students who cannot appear for the exams

Students who would not be able to appear for the open book exams due to any valid reason would get one more chance to appear for the conventional mode of examinations as and when the present situation improves. The conventional mode of examinations in such case if required shall be conducted after the publication of results of OBE. Dates for filling in the examination forms for the left out students will be notified probably by the beginning of September 2020.

DU guidelines for NCWEB and SOL students will be released by June 5, 2020. The candidates are advised to follow the official website du.ac.in for updates.

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