DU Open Book Exams begins July 10 onward, left out students can appear in physical exam in September

The University of Delhi cleared that it is not going to cancel the open-book exams. DU also stated that the students who ould not be able to appear for the exams would get another opportunity to give exams physically in September. 

Delhi University informed the Delhi High Court on July 6 that Open Book Examinations (OBE) for undergraduate courses will be conducted from July 10 onwards and those students who are unable to appear for them, be it persons with disabilities or others, will be allowed to appear for the exams physically in September. The University of Delhi cleared that it would be irrespective of whether students filled the applications for DU Open Book Exams 2020 or not and also in cases where they download the question papers for OBE but fail to upload their answer-sheets. The hearing was conducted through video conferencing by a Bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Subramonium Prasad. DU is directed to file an affidavit clarifying its stand and listed for July 9, a plea challenging the conduct of online exams.

The Bench said, “For purposes of clarity and to avoid any ambiguity, it is deemed appropriate to direct the Delhi University to file an affidavit clarifying its stand as recorded above and on any other aspect stated before us so that appropriate orders can be passed on the next date.

The court was hearing a plea by Prateek Sharma and Diksha Singh seeking directions to the Centre for setting up an effective mechanism for visually impaired and other disabled persons so that educational instructions can be transmitted to them properly and teaching material is provided to them through online mode of teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The plea said that while universities, schools, colleges and other educational institutions are engaged in online teaching amid the COVID-19 outbreak, no efforts are being made by the government to consider the need of the visually impaired and specially-abled individuals.

The high court earlier asked the DU why contempt proceedings not be initiated against it and its officers for trying to mislead the court by withholding information on deferment of the online open-book exams.

The DU open book exams 2020 were earlier scheduled to begin from July 1. However, the University deferred the online exams by another 10 days and will now commence from July 10 due to the ongoing pandemic situation.

While DU talked about giving another opportunity for students to appear for special exams in September. The high court posed certain queries to the DU asking about the status of the students who are studying in the final year of the under-graduate courses and propose to seek admission in the post-graduate courses in the event they are not in the position to take the exams through the OBE system conducted remotely and instead elect to await the physical examinations proposed to be conducted in September 2020.

To this, DU’s counsel said such students will be provisionally granted admission in the post-graduate courses offered by DU subject to the condition that they meet the eligibility norms after the results of the under-graduate course are declared and subject to their appearing for the entrance examination.

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