DU releases guidelines to conduct internal assessments, practical, internships amid lockdown

The University of Delhi released an official notice stating the procedure to be followed while conducting various academic events such as practical, internal exams, internship, Viva-voce, fieldwork and more.

The University of Delhi released an official notice stating the procedure to be followed while conducting various academic events such as practical, internal exams, internship, Viva-voce, fieldwork and more. The notice released by DU reads, “The following procedure shall be followed for conduct of Internal Assessment, Practical, Viva-Voce, Projects, Oral (Moot courts), Apprenticeship, Internship, Field Work which are required for completion before the conduct of End Term Theory Examinations.” The notice also states that all of these activities should be complete latest by June 3, 2020.

Due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus followed by multiple extended lockdowns, the semester examinations and other academic activities of the educational institutions got ruptured. In order to save the academic year of the students, institutions are mulling various ways to conduct the pending exams, practical, internal exams etc. While DU decided to conduct final semester exams online, the University made various changes in the procedure of the conduction of other academic events.

For internal assessment, the notice reads, “Instead of the three existing components of Internal Assessment, viz., Class Tests, Tutorial Test and Attendance, only one component i.e. internal assignments will be carried out for the current semester. Internal assessment of the students should also be carried out using IT tools. Teacher should give the assignment to the students in prescribed format via e-mail. The student should submit the solved assignment to the teacher via e-mail in a defined time. The top of the Assignment Sheet must have Program name, Semester, Title of Paper and Name of the Student. After evaluation, respective teacher will submit the result of the same to the o/o the principal of the college and to the o/o the Head of the Department in the case of PostGraduation.”

In order to conduct examinations for practical courses, the University said, “The evaluation of Practical Examination, wherever applicable, will be in the 100% continuous evaluation mode. For Laboratory paper, teacher should give the assignment based on Experiments already performed through email to the students. The student should submit the solved assignment to the teacher via email in a stipulated time period. The name of Program, Semester, title of practical paper and name of the student should be mentioned at the top of the answer sheet by the student before submission.”

Regarding the conduct of Internship/Apprenticeship for all Semester/Term/Year, DU said, “Following measures in the view of COVID-19 shall be undertaken by all concerned as required for completion of degrees in professional/ technical course etc. wherever applicable:

1) Students shall be allowed to take up online internship/ activities including activities that can be carried out digitally or otherwise from home.

2) They can be engaged as interns in ongoing projects.

3) The date for start can be delayed.

4) The period of internship can be reduced clubbing with assignments etc."

While for Practical and Viva-voce, Oral (Moot courts) Examinations, the notice states, “For final and Intermediate semester/Term/Year students of all professional and technical programs, all such practical and viva voce as part of the requirements of the completion of degrees for final semester /Term/Year students should be conducted through Skype or other meeting apps.”

Students can check the complete notice given below. For further clarification, students are advised to contact at Telephone No. 011-27662832 and also send a query e-mail to edpcellexam@gmail.com.