Universities in Tamil Nadu to conduct all exams in offline mode
The offline examinations may be held by following the standard operating procedures and guidelines issued by the government. It applies to all polytechnic, arts and science, engineering, colleges of education and university departments, the higher education secretary said.
The Tamil Nadu Higher Education Department has directed all the state Universities in the state to conduct all exams in offline mode only. The move comes to considering the decline in COVID-19 cases in the state.
"The offline examinations may be held by following the standard operating procedures and guidelines issued by the government. It applies to all polytechnic, arts and science, engineering, colleges of education and university departments," higher education secretary D Karthikeyan said in a circular to all universities.
Madras University is also mulling to conduct physical mode exams from the last week of December.
A group of students in Madurai and engineering college managements has also urged the department to continue with unsupervised online exams for upcoming exams. While speaking about the same, the Professors from Anna University said the quality of graduates will improve only if exams are held offline.
The university also decided to postpone the semester exams by two weeks to give time for colleges to prepare students for offline mode exams.
"The exams were originally scheduled to start from December 13. Now, the university decided to start the semester exams for students studying in third, fifth and seventh semesters from December 27," an official from Anna University told TOI.
Anna University former vice-chancellor E Balagurusamy, said the state government's decision to conduct physical mode exams is a welcome move.
"The state government should not yield to the pressure from students and college management. In the interest of quality of education, the government should stick to their decision as the unsupervised online exams led to copying and other malpractices," he said.
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