Six JNU Schools, Special Centres to conduct end-semester examinations online

Amid the ongoing nationwide lockdown, Six Schools and Special Centres of Jawaharlal Nehru University have decided to conduct the end-semester exams through online mode by June.

The Jawaharlal Nehru University has said that six of its Schools and special centres will hold the end-semester exams through online mode by June, due to the ongoing nationwide coronavirus lockdown. All of these are science schools. 

Earlier, several schools had asked authority not to conduct the examinations online due to lack of internet availability and connectivity for some students. To which the six schools and centres said that for such students some relaxation will be given. 

Seven Schools and Special Centres decided to hold exams in the offline mode in July when the university reopens. Almost all Schools said the mid-semester exams will have to be online or by way of online assignments.

On Wednesday, Pramod Kumar, Registrar, JNU had said that the decision to conduct the examination and its mode has been left on the Deans and Chairpersons of the Schools and Special Centres. Based on their decision, the end-semester examination of various courses will be conducted.

School of Environmental Sciences (SES); School of Computational & Integrative Sciences (SC&IS); School of Biotechnology (SBT); School of Physical Sciences (SPS); School of Engineering; and Atal Bihari Vajpayee School of Management & Entrepreneurship (ABVSME), will be conducting online exams.

While commenting on the examination, the Special Centre for North-East studies stated that the method of evaluation shall be left to the course in-charge and the exams must be conducted in the last week of May. 

The seven Schools that will be conducting offline exams include School of Arts & Aesthetics (SAA), School of Languages, Literature & Cultural Studies (SLL&CS), School of Social Sciences, School of Sanskrit & Indic Studies, School of Computer & Systemic Sciences, Special Centre for Nano Sciences and Special Centre for Molecular Medicine. 

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