DU Final year Exams 2020 from July 10 POSTPONED till August : Varsity Informs HC

DU Online Open Book Exam 2020 postponed: Delhi University to conduct final year UG exams in August. Read further to know more

The Delhi University today informed the Delhi High Court that the final year Undergraduate exams which were scheduled to begin from July 10 has been postponed and will now be conducted in August.

Earlier, the Delhi High Court has asked Delhi University to give clarity on the DU online Open Book Examinations which were scheduled to begin from July 10, if it will be conducted or there would be a change in the schedule. While passing the said directions, Justice Pratibha M Singh said: "Can you imagine the mental trauma of a student, how can you expect them to prepare like this?" The remarks came after Delhi University officials asked for more time to respond to the query of the court regarding the changes in the date sheet and schedule of the examination.

The fresh dates and information would be released by the university on the official website in due course of time.

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.

 

During the course of the hearing yesterday, through its counsel Sachin Dutta and Dean Examinations Vinay Gupta, Delhi University told the bench that since the situation is extraordinary, a tentative schedule can only be given.

"Evaluation of papers would begin from August first week and would continue until mid-September and the declaration of results would be done within the said month," the Delhi University told the court adding that the degree will be made immediately available at the time of declaration of results and it will be uploaded online so that students can download it, except in some PG courses where the process has to be done manually.

The Delhi University officials informed the court that during the mock test, 4.86 lakh papers were downloaded and attempted. This shows that students are ready to appear for the exam. It was further submitted by the DU that 4.68 lakh files have been uploaded.

The varsity informed the court that there are around 2.45 lakh students in the final year who are studying in the University, out of which 1.86 lakh students are from Delhi and 59,000 students are from other states.

"So far, 1.58 lakh students have registered for the online examination," the varsity's dean of Examination submitted before the court.

Professor Gupta stated that date sheets have already been uploaded on the website and in the online exams, in case the varsity's portal is not accessible, question papers will be emailed to the students. 

If any student is unable to upload the answer sheets due to technical snag, they can also email it to the university and the window will be open for 30 minutes after the exams time is over. Moreover, after the said time limit concludes, a committee will examine the technical glitch and decide whether to accept the answer sheets or not, the DU told the bench.

The Delhi High Court was hearing to a plea filed by several students of the final year of the varsity seeking cancellation of the exams in view of coronavirus pandemic. 

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