SPPU Semester Exams 2021: Nearly 10 percent students give exams a miss on Day 1

 As many as 25,356 students took the exams for 74 subjects on the first day of examination.

SPPU Exams 2021: Out of 28,131 students, 2,775 students didn't appear for the first semester exams of Savitribai Phule Pune University that began on April 10, 2021. The exams are scheduled to be conducted over a month. As many as 25,356 students took the exams for 74 subjects on the first day of examination.

While speaking about the examination, Mahesh Kakade, director of the examination and evaluation department, said that the exams were conducted smoothly with a few minor hiccups.

“We only received complaints from students of BCA and BA that their papers were not uploaded… the problem was resolved within half-an-hour and the students then appeared for the exams. However, the helpline was inundated with calls and that was because students had not checked the timetable. Most thought that all exams begin today and kept calling the helpline,” he said.

SPPU officials said the helpline received a total of 3,500 calls on Saturday while 1,500 students raised queries through the live chatbox on the exam website.

Between April 5 and 9, SPPU conducted mock tests during which candidates answered dummy questions as practice. Close to 65 per cent registered candidates — 3.92 lakh of 6 lakh students — appeared for these mock tests. On Saturday, those candidates who had not appeared for the tests faced issues in setting up their cameras during the test.

Meanwhile, a team of 70 persons has been set up for manning students’ queries, and nearly 50 officials were present at the helpline on Saturday. Kakade said 22 professors from different colleges, who are subject experts, have been enlisted to ensure there are no errors in examination papers and problems with last-minute queries.

The Savitribai Phule Pune Univerisity (SPPU) has earlier directed all the students appearing for regular, backlog, repeater examinations that are scheduled to be held from April 10 onwards that the varsity will be releasing their results within 48 hours of them attempting the paper. The SPPU has also informed the students that apart from these 48 hours, the varsity will also take another 48 hours to register their complaints.

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