Delhi University mulls online exams, advises students to follow official website for latest updates

During a meeting, DU officials suggested that eight questions will be sent to students and they would have to answer four of them by uploading a five-minute video clip in response.

Delhi University may conduct online examinations. According to the latest reports DU officials sent a proposal to hold exams online by directing students to record video clips in response to questions. However, the proposal got opposed by deans of various departments.

During a meeting of deans of various departments with senior university officials and Dean of Examinations Vinay Gupta over a video link, DU officials suggested that eight questions will be sent to students and they would have to answer four of them by uploading a five-minute video clip in response.

According to the sources, the suggestion got opposed and a number of deans termed it ‘practically impossible’ and ‘not feasible’. Stating the difficulties, many deans expressed that many of the students live in areas where there are connectivity issues and many of them might be good in writing but not fluent in speaking. The mode of examination will not test a student properly.

Another problem that examiner will face while conducting online exams is that if a department has 2,000 students, professors would have to prepare 16,000 different questions.

Meanwhile, Delhi University released a notification on its official website related to Year-end Semester examination & New Academic Calendar. The university advised students to visit the official website du.ac.in on daily basis and the information available only on the official website will be considered authentic and not believe false information.

Amid the extended nationwide lockdown, the closure of the university is further extended as well. In its official notice, DU stated that new schedules and other updates regarding the pending examinations will be released by the university in a due course of time.

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