The Delhi High Court was informed by the Delhi University on Wednesday that the idea behind holding online Open Book Examination (OBE) was to prevent students from assembling in one hall where it would be difficult to maintain social distancing in the times of COVID-19 pandemic.
The Delhi University is likely to hold a key meeting to decide on the syllabus of four courses in the coming week, as the online classes are slated to begin from August 10.
The Delhi University on Saturday began second the second-phase of mock tests for students, almost 10 days ahead of the final-year first Open-Book Exams (OBE). DU's first OBE will be conducted from August 17 and end on September 8.
The Delhi University has said that it will begin the 2020-2021 academic session from August 10 with online classes for undergraduate and postgraduate students. The university had announced summer vacations till August 9.
Delhi University admissions: While the registration deadline for merit-based admissions has been extended till August 31, for the entrance-based courses, the registration process ends on July 31 itself.
According to college principal John Varghese, the students have been sent repeated reminders since the beginning of July and the college has to "fumigate" and "sanitise" the rooms for the students who will be coming after the new session begins.
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Vikas Tyagi was an assistant professor in the Department of Physics, Bhaskaracharya College of Applied Sciences, DU, and is survived by his wife, a 12-year-old daughter and a 5-year-old son.
Delhi University on Tuesday agreed in Delhi High Court to advance its final year Open Book Examination to August 10. The exams will be concluded on August 31.
Former Academic Council member Pankaj Garg said the cutoffs in the first list would be high, but even the cutoffs in the fifth and sixth lists would be higher than last year by two-three percentage points.
Waiting with bated breath, university students across the country are hoping for cancellation of their final-year exams. While many theories are afloat over the examinations, hopes of lakhs of students pinned on the scrapping of the key exams could be dashed. Read for UGC's response on the cancellation of exams.
The Delhi High Court Thursday directed Delhi University (DU) to file an affidavit detailing the schedule of final year undergraduate exams which have been postponed from July 10 to beyond August 15.
DU Exams 2020: Delhi University on Wednesday made an announcement that final year exams till August amid coronavirus pandemic. The University Counsel told Delhi High Court that it has decided to postpone its final year examination which were scheduled to start from July 10.
Candidates appearing for the interview will have to keep a printout of the interview call letter, and original copies of the certificate of the date of birth (the Secondary School Certificate) and marksheet of the qualifying examination.
Network problems, incorrect question papers and difficulty in logging in -- these were some of the issues that Delhi University students faced on the first day of a mock online exam. The only economics papers available were for Annual System," the DUTA said. Students also took to Twitter to share the issues faced by them using the hashtag #DUAgainstOnlineExams.
Raising students' concerns, the India Wide Parents Association wrote to Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and pointed out reasons why the open book online examinations must be cancelled.
The open-book online examinations for Delhi University students kickstarted today, however, with a number of roadblocks. From technical failures to "incorrect" question papers, students reported umpteen issues.
According to final-year students who will be appearing for an online open-book exam, the access to their admit cards is so easy that anyone who is aware of their roll number and the gateway password may download it.
A plea has been filed in the Delhi High Court demanding cancellation of Delhi University's online open-book examination.
A bench of justices Hima Kohli and Subramonium Prasad was furious with the varsity for not informing it on June 26, the last date of hearing of a plea challenging the conduct of online exams, about the decision to defer the examinations.
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