With the rise in COVID-19 cases, Dean Examinations Diwan Rawat has reached out to colleges, recommending that they exercise flexibility while conducting practical examinations.
DU Exams 2022: Practicals to be postponed for students with COVID-19
DU Exams 2022: Amid the rise in coronavirus cases in the capital, the Delhi University administration has given colleges permission to reschedule practical examinations for students who are down with COVID-19. Delhi University is all set to hold its first offline examinations since the onset of the pandemic, for the even semester students from May 11. Until now, all the examinations were conducted by the varsity in the online open book examination mode.
With the rise in COVID-19 cases, Dean Examinations Diwan Rawat has reached out to colleges, recommending that they exercise flexibility while conducting practical examinations.
“If practical examinations are getting affected or some students miss them due to sickness, colleges should reschedule the exam for a later date for such students, it can even be after theory examination. Please try to help students during the most difficult time,” wrote Rawat in a communication to colleges.
The move comes in wake of Delhi recording more than 1,000 cases daily for the last four days with a positivity rate above 4 per cent.
Delhi University students have been flooding the social media platforms with a demand to conduct the Open Book Examination (OBE). With the rise in COVID-19 cases in the capital, the demand for online OBE is also rising. DU Final year and second-year students are scheduled to appear for the DU Semester Exams in the offline mode. #DUStudentsDemandOBE, #DUStudentsneedOBE is trending on Twitter, with students pouring in their requests to have an option to appear for their final exams in the OBE format, which DU conducts as an online exam. Students were making this demand for some time now, however, with the sudden spike in COVID-19 cases, they have got one more reason to ask for the same.Â
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