DU Exams 2022: Delhi University to hold practical exams, viva voce for UG courses in offline mode

Delhi University's Examination Branch in an official notification mentioned the procedure to be followed to hold the internal assessments, practicals, viva voce, projects, oral examinations, apprenticeships, internships and fieldwork.

DU Exams 2022: Delhi University to hold practical exams, viva voce for UG courses in offline mode

DU Exams 2022: Delhi University (DU) has announced that it will conduct the practical examinations, viva voce and oral exams for undergraduate (UG) courses in the offline mode while strictly adhering to the COVID-19 guidelines. Meanwhile, the national capital witnessed a surge in the number of COVID cases with a positivity rate of 5.87 per cent. 

Delhi University's Examination Branch in an official notification mentioned the procedure to be followed to hold the internal assessments, practicals, viva voce, projects, oral examinations, apprenticeships, internships and fieldwork. The university in an official notification stated that "the internal assessment will carry 25 per cent weightage and semester examination 75 per cent weightage. The distribution of internal assessment marks shall be as follows: Attendance (lectures including interactive periods and tutorials) (5 per cent) written assignments/tutorials/project reports/ seminars (10 per cent) and class test(s)/quiz(s) (10 per cent)."

The University further clarified that all the internships and evaluations of dissertations will be done in the physical mode. "Based on the practical syllabus, the practical for the undergraduate shall be conducted in the physical mode by strictly adhering to Covid guidelines. Practical and viva voce, oral (moot courts) examinations (wherever applicable); all such examinations shall be conducted in the physical mode by strictly adhering to Covid guidelines," the notification stated.

Delhi University had reopened for offline classes on February 17 after remaining closed for more than two years. In March 2020, the University shut down due to the COVID-19 outbreak in the country. In-person, practical sessions for third-year students had resumed last year, but the university was shut again because of the spike in the number of Covid cases in December.

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