SPPU identifies 50 examination centres for conducting final-year exams in offline mode

SPPU which will be conducting offline exams for around 50,000 students from next month, has identified 50 examination centres.

The Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) has identified 50 centres to conduct the final-year exams to be held in offline mode. The varsity had earlier issued online forms for final year students and had given the option to them to choose their preferred mode of examination either online or offline. 85 per cent of students choose to appear for online mode and rest opted for offline. 

“For offline mode, the exams will be conducted through Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) exam method. We have accordingly identified 50 centres which are affiliated colleges with SPPU in Pune, Nashik and Ahmednagar district wherein these exams will be conducted. Students will have to choose a nearby centre to appear for the exam and soon we are going to issue online forms for it. All the colleges and centres are been given necessary instructions to conduct the exams with utmost safety of the students,” said SPPU vice-chancellor Nitin Karmalkar.

Of the total 50,000 students appearing through offline mode of examination, 22,000 students are located in Pune district. The others are from various districts who can choose their nearest examination centres.

“Most of the students who are studying at SPPU or any other affiliated colleges come from outside Pune and from across Maharashtra. As students are from rural areas and their economic condition is weak, they do not have electronic gadgets and can’t afford to travel back to Pune to give exams. SPPU should think of other options like giving subject-wise assignments to students and evaluate their marks on the basis of the assignment. In both the cases, online and offline students especially from the rural areas are suffering a lot,” said Kamlakar Shete, a final year student.

The varsity will begin the written exams from October 1 and the backlog students' exams will be conducted from October 1 to 9. For the regular students, the written exams will be conducted between October 10 to 30. The exams will be of 50 marks with multiple-choice questions (MCQ) for a duration of one hour. 

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