COVID-19: IIT Jodhpur begins semester exams online; reports 98.5% attendance on first day
IIT Jodhpur has followed a trimester mode which includes hosting smaller batches of students for practical work, especially for BTech and Science courses.
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jodhpur has kicked start its semester exams in online mode. On the first day of the exam, despite the ongoing pandemic situation, the IIT Jodhpur recorded 98.5 per cent attendance. IIT Jodhpur has followed a trimester mode which includes hosting smaller batches of students for practical work, especially for BTech and Science courses. Further, a limited number of PhD students and postgraduate students were being called for thesis and project work.
The students were allowed to return to their homes before the lockdown in view of the rising COVID-19 cases in the city. Currently, IIT Jodhpur is hosting less than 25 per cent of its total student population.
In addition to research scholars, some UG and 1st year PG students who have come to the campus due to limited access of internet at their native places and other circumstantial problems. As and when students were arriving from other states to the Institute, they were being sent directly to the designated isolation.
The isolation ward and super-isolation wards are created and being used by the students for home isolation for the last year with all requisite arrangements and by following the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health.
IIT Jodhpur has also introduced fines and penalties for those who did not follow the COVID-19 norms. Further, the infected students have been restricted to isolated wards and are being provided with essential items.
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jodhpur has reported 29 new positive cases for COVID-19 on the campus. Out of the total 29, as many as 25 students have tested COVID-19 positive at IIT Jodhpur. With these new numbers, a total of 225 positive covid-19 cases are reported on the campus of IIT Jodhpur.
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