DU OBE Exams 2020: Students appearing for Political Science Final exam receives mock exam paper

Students get the mock paper in place of final exam paper during the Delhi University's Open Book Exam for political science.

Students appearing for Delhi University's Open Book Exam for political science paper were left baffled after they received a mock exam paper in place of the real paper on the day of the exam. Final year students of BA (Honours) Political Science said that at 11.30 am, when they logged into the portal, they found a question paper and they started solving it only to realise later that it was the question paper that was given to them during mock exams. Later, the correct question paper was uploaded by the varsity at 12 pm. 

A student, while talking to a media house, said, " I received a question paper on mail which I attempted from 11.30 am and mail the same to the varsity at around 3.32 pm. I did not get the chance to check my phone during the entire time, as I was writing my paper. Around 3.40 pm through messages on the formal class group, I realised that the paper was not the one and another paper was uploaded on the website by the varsity at around 12 pm, of which I was not aware of." Another student from Kalindi College also reached out to the varsity sharing the same grievance.

"The area I live in has network issues so I logged out from the portal after downloading the question paper. When I logged in to the portal to upload my answer sheet I found that the question paper had been changed," a student wrote.

Students of BA Programme in Delhi University's School Of Open Learning said that they have received question papers of two different subjects. The university, however, told them that they should only appear for the paper they have applied for. As per the Delhi University's Dean of Colleges Balaram Pani, the students were given additional time for finishing their answers.

When asked what will happen to the students who answered the mock exam question paper, he said the Grievance Committee will be looking into the matter and they will be given a second chance. Over one lakh students took the exam on Friday, said another official from the varsity. The varsity said that it has opted for the online open book examinations as a one-time measure in view of the COVID-19 situation for final year students, PTI reported.

The varsity had earlier said that students have successfully attempted and submitted their answer scripts on the OBE portal of DU. "Some of our students, who at present are in remote/ far-flung areas have submitted their answer scripts via the option of email available to them. Students with special needs have also been given the option to send answer scripts by email," it said.

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