SPPU mulling to hold semester exams for final-year students in offline mode, no clarity on other batches

To maintain a standard in results, the University's examination and evaluation department has proposed to hold the examinations in offline mode. 

With Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) resuming offline classes after getting permission from the state Higher Education Department, the examination pattern is likely to return to normalcy but only for the final-year students. To maintain a standard in results, the University's examination and evaluation department has proposed to hold the examinations in offline mode. 

However, with the Omicron variant of COVID-19 and its widespread concern over the country gripping up the fear, offline exams may now be conducted only for the final-year students. For other batches, exams will be conducted in online mode only. The semester-end exams are likely to be held from the second week of January 2022.

As per reports, Mahesh Kakade, director, board of examinations and evaluations, said that the final decision regarding the same will be taken during a meeting on December 15. 

“Though we believe that offline examinations are better to maintain the sanctity and standard of examinations and students have started going to colleges for lectures too, the situation is uncertain. If we see the results of the last term for online exams, the results are so high. For example, law faculty, which didn’t even have over 20 per cent pass percentage on an average per batch, saw 90 per cent results. But we can only make suggestions based on the current situation and the final decision rests with the BoE. Also, with Omicron, the situation is evolving. We are currently preparing ourselves both for offline and online exams,” he informed IndianExpress.

Meanwhile, the officials at the varsity said that even if the online exams are conducted for the first and second-year students, it is most likely that offline exams will be conducted for the final-year students. 

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