Jadavpur University 2021: BTech students to get more time to finish and submit their answer sheets online

Jadavpur University students will have half-an-hour for downloading the question papers, three hours for solving the questions and an hour for uploading the answer scripts. 

Jadavpur University has announced that BTech students will get four-and-a-half hours to write and submit their ensuing semester examination on digital platforms. The faculty of the engineering and technology council has taken the decision after a section of teachers had told vice-chancellor Suranjan Das that students “are sharing answers among themselves” during online exams.

The teachers suggested that the stipulated test duration be enforced across faculties to curb the malpractice. In the engineering faculty, where students in the last semester examination held in May had taken as many as 12 hours to complete a paper — three hours for writing and nine hours for uploading the script — several instances of shared answers were reported, said a section of teachers.

Chiranjeeb Bhattacharya, a pro-VC and former dean of the faculty who attended the meeting, said, “It has been unanimously decided that students will have half-an-hour for downloading the question papers, three hours for solving the questions and an hour for uploading the answer scripts. This will be implemented in the first-year undergraduate and postgraduate semester (second semester) exams due in July.”

The Jadavpur University Teachers’ Association had told VC Das last week in an email that “they strongly believe that the duration of an examination is an important factor for proper evaluation of students”.

Earlier, UGC had told the Universities that the duration of the terminal semester/final year examination could be timed for two or three hours. Several IITs and NITs are holding open-book assessments over digital platforms amid the pandemic.

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