Over 6,000 decline online exam, Gujarat Technological University to conduct inquiry

Amid the ongoing pandemic situation, the university decided to conduct online exams between May 4 and May 13.

GTU Exams 2021: Gujarat Technological University (GTU) decided to conduct an internal inquiry after more than 6,000 diploma students declined to opt for the online exam. According to the reports, the university authorities are trying to ascertain if these candidates were genuine students in the first place. A senior official of GTU said, “So many students not registering for the exams could be a result of bogus or fake admissions. We are looking into that aspect as well. As many as 6,900 diploma students did not take the pre-trial test at GTU.” Amid the ongoing pandemic situation, the university decided to conduct online exams between May 4 and May 13. The university conducted a trial on April 27 for diploma and degree engineering students.

The sources reveal that out of the total 33,000 students of diploma engineering courses, over 6,000 did not participate in the pretrial test. GTU made the trial mandatory before taking the semester exams. The schedule suggests that the varsity will conduct the first semester exams for degree and diploma candidates between May 4 and May 13 online. “The exam paper will be in the MCQ format. The external exams or ‘viva summer 2021’ for all courses/semesters shall be conducted by internal faculty members of respective institutes except for architecture design and architecture studio design for BArch, and dissertation subjects of ME and MPharma courses. Also, the online exams for these few courses will be conducted by the university,” the University source said.

Meanwhile, GTU will conduct the final semester regular and remedial summer 2021 exams in the online MCQ format. As many as 75,000 students are expected to take the online exams. The varsity is planning to hold the second round of exams in the online format for those who missed the first one.

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