DU Final year exams 2020: 2nd phase of Open Book Exam begins; few opt for offline test

The number of students appearing for Delhi University's second phase of OBE in offline mode has been recorded pretty low compared to those opting for online mode.

Delhi University has begun the second phase of the Open Book Examination (OBE) on September 14. However, the varsity recorded very few students appearing for the offline physical mode exam as compared to the online mode. In August, the varsity had conducted the first phase of the OBE for the final year Undergraduate and Postgraduate students completely in online mode. The varsity is conducting the second phase for all those students who could not attempt their exams in the first phase, and for Persons with disabilities (PWD) students who want to improve their performances. In the second phase, the varsity is conducting the exams both in online and offline mode. 

However, only a small minority of students have registered for the offline mode. Out of 13,815 students from the School of Open Learning who have registered for the exam, only 3,035 have selected the offline mode. Apart from that only 285 students from regular colleges and the Non-Collegiate Women’s Education Board (NCWEB) opted for the physical exam. While very few students had opted for the physical exams, even fewer students have appeared at the centres on the first day of the exams.

Of the 46 students from SOL who were supposed to take the test at Deshbandhu College on Monday, the principal of the college Rajiv Aggarwal said only 22-23 students turned up.

Payal Mago, principal of Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Sciences for Women, told a media house that only around 50 per cent of candidates appeared at the centre. “We were supposed to have 75 candidates today but half appeared. However, we had not been expecting more since these students could also give it online if they wanted so that would be preferable for them,” she said.

At Deshbandhu College, most candidates — all from SOL — who appeared for the exam said that they had missed the first phase because of a lack of information.

“I had three ‘back’ papers but I didn’t even know that these exams were happening. This exam happened on August 10 and I found out about it on August 11,” said Kuldeep.

In some exam centres, physical exams did not begin on the first day.

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