Coronavirus Lockdown: NITIE Mumbai final year students appear for online semester examination

The National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai has said that it is conducting the online semester examinations for the final year students during the coronavirus lockdown. 

The National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai has said that it is conducting the online semester examinations for the final year students during the coronavirus lockdown. 

“NITIE, Mumbai has achieved a new landmark by successfully conducting online semester examinations for its final year students,” the institute tweeted.

“A unique approach using the online platform was developed and tested to provide the students an experience of writing the exams from home during the coronavirus lockdown," NITIE Mumbai tweeted.

Earlier the institute had conducted the admission process entirely through online mode. It had also conducted the group discussion (GD) and personal interview (PI) round online for those seeking admission to the institute. This mode has been adopted by the institute after taking into consideration the ongoing coronavirus nationwide lockdown. 

The candidates were given questions, including randomly generated ones, to answer within 15 minutes. These questions were finalized by the faculty in advance. The recorded interviews were uploaded on a cloud platform, to be evaluated by three faculty members individually as well as on a consensus score.

The institute is hopeful to start classes by June, as per their schedule.

Several public universities around the country including the Delhi University (DU) have put their admissions on hold due to the coronavirus outbreak. DU is debating whether to conduct the annual exams for enrolled students online, while also contemplating taking the entire admission process online. However, the National Students Union of India (NSUI) has suggested promoting first and second-year students without exams while final year students should be promoted on the basis of past performance plus 10 per cent extra marks as it is usually observed that students improve their performance in the final year.

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