Jamia Milia Islamia cancels 'pen and paper' exam for final year students

Jamia Milia Islamia will not be conducting the pen and paper-based exams for final year students. Read below to know how they will be marked and evaluated.

Jamia Milia Islamia (JMI) has announced that it will not be conducting the pen and paper-based exams for final year students and has directed teachers to evaluate the students on the basis of dissertation or viva.  

On June 8, the JMI Standing Academic Council held a meeting regarding the feasibility to hold offline examination for the terminal semester year students in July in view of the prevailing situation due to coronavirus. The conduct of examination in the pen and paper mode was found to be non-viable as the same may further compromise the well-being of students of the university who are from different states since there is a likelihood of a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases, the statement said.

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“The varsity has decided not to have a face-to-face exam or open-book exam in July or August in Delhi for terminal class students.  “The assessment of terminal/final semester/year students of all the programmes or courses of the university for the academic session 2019-2020 (including M.Phil/PhD course work ) shall be done on the basis of online examination or assessment as given by teachers who are also the examiners and can use different modes of evaluation like assignments, dissertation, viva, objective type,” the statement said.

As per the notification released by the varsity, it has asked teachers to upload the marks of the students on the examination portal of the university on or before June 20.