Delhi University Final Date Sheet 2020 released for online open book exams

While the semester exams for second and fourth-semester students of undergraduate programmes are cancelled, Delhi University Final Date Sheet 2020 for open book exams are out for final-year students. 

Delhi University Final Date sheet 2020 released! The University of Delhi released the final date sheet for open book examinations for all students. Earlier, the University released a tentative date sheet for the annual and semester examinations. However, now the exam dates for all the programmes are decided and DU Final Date Sheet for Open Book Exam is now published on the official website of DU i.e. du.ac.in. Students who will be appearing for the examination for various UG/PG courses are requested to visit the official website of the University to check the DU final date sheet 2020 for the open book exam.

DU Final Date Sheet 2020 for Open Book Exams

According to the DU final date sheet 2020, students in the Choice Based Credit System (2015-17) will appear for exams in the month of July. The exams will commence from July 1. For final-semester BSc Hons students of Chemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, and others, exams on the main disciplines of study are from July 1 that will conclude on July 11. Similarly, for the final or sixth-semester BA Hons and BCom Hons students, exams will begin on July 1, 2020. Students of BA Hons. in English, Hindi, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, and others will have exams in the core disciplines from July 1, 2020. The DU date sheet 2020 also contains exam dates for SOL and NCWEB students.

Despite receiving continuous criticism from students and teachers, the University of Delhi decided to go ahead with the open book exams as conducting exams in traditional mode i.e. pen and paper mode is not possible amid the ongoing pandemic situations. A survey-cum-referendum conducted by the Delhi University Teachers' Association suggests that 85 per cent of Delhi University students are against the administration's decision of holding online 'Open Book Exams'.

Meanwhile, Delhi University decided not to hold semester exams for second and fourth-semester students of undergraduate programmes. The first-year and second-year students will be spared the much-resisted DU online exams i.e. ‘Open Book Exams’ planned for the final-year students. According to the official notice, the decision is taken "in view of the prevailing situation of COVID-19 pandemic". The notice released today i.e. June 4, 2020, on the official website of the University- du.ac.in states, “Given the situation, holding pen-and-paper semester exams is not feasible. Instead, as a one-time measure, an alternative mode of grading will be adopted.”

The notice further reads, “The matter was intensively deliberated in the bodies...based on which it has been decided that as a one-time measure, alternative modes of grading for promotion/results shall be adopted as per composite format for calculating the same for the Intermediate semester/term/year students for academic session 2019-2020 so that students of the university can take their career forward.”

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