Delhi University: Is there finally an end to the DU Open Book protest protests? The University of Delhi has issued a notice providing some changes to its offline semester examination program.
Ashish Lamba, Secretary of DUSU and a member of the NSUI, wrote to varsity vice-chancellor Yogesh Singh, saying he had received complaints from various students about the offline exams. As most semester classes take place online, the book states that offline exams put a lot of pressure on students. In addition, the move to delhi after the opening of the campus also caused some students to miss their offline classes.
He also said that science broadcast students have missed out on the practical experience of the great episode, which is taught online. There was also the issue of foreign students, who could not go to university due to visa problems. The DU students staged a protest against the online open-book test, or OBE, outside the Arts Faculty on Monday.
The protest is part of a “National Protest Day” organized by the All India Students ’Association, or AISA, a group of left-handed students opposing online testing.
Students were asked to participate in online and offline mode according to their needs.
Students from different groups of students gathered to mark their opposition with signs that said: “bizarre online exams.” In addition, few teachers joined the strike.
Due to the ongoing closure to prevent the spread of coronavirus, DU conducts online mode tests for final year students starting July 1, 2020.
The mid-term student exams have been canceled. Such students will be assessed on their previous results.
Maurice Nagar police have arrested at least 11 students and two teachers who were returning from a protest rally.
They were released after signing an affidavit in accordance with section 144 set by the district.
Since the announcement of the test, students and teachers at the university have expressed their displeasure at conducting online exams.
“Student health is more important than exams. Cancel both online and offline reviews,” AISA said in a statement.
Students want an alternative test for all students as students from disadvantaged backgrounds will not be able to appear in online exams.
Requesting the cancellation of “racist” online tests, students from Kirorimal College, Zakir Hussain College, Campus Law Center, Indraprastha College and Miranda House wrote open letters to the Vice-Chancellor. The book sought out mixed or mixed tests for those students. In addition, there is another group of DU students who are still struggling to switch to OBE exams this semester.
While there were not many other student outfits to support these needs, including the lower left SFI, or ABVP, which demanded OBE for these weird courses, the University of Delhi officials seemed to be taking action and, therefore, made a few donations in its way. to conduct testing. For starters, it said the test time would be extended by 30 minutes. The syllabus has been reduced and students will be given additional options on the question paper.
Importantly, those students who applied for the exam but were unable to write it in May for “valid reasons” will be given the opportunity to write the second phase of the tests which will take place in the next two months, according to sources. university.
Also, departments are instructed to provide learning resources to students who need them and to update the website with syllabus. Guidance is also provided for mock inspections, in addition to internal inspections. Science students have been assured that they will not be tested on the ideas they have been taught only online, the official said. “We believe that the Examinations Dean is also considering students in this matter. Resolutions must be provided to the various departments on this matter. However, we all agree with the terms set by the university. “said Lamba.
However, one group of students is not very happy with the DU’s position on the matter. A protest organized at the Arts Faculty at 12:00 tonight. Students also took to Twitter to raise the protest call and register their frustration under the hashtags #OnlineExamForAllSemestersOfDU #OBEForAllSemestersInDU. While the National Student Union of India (NSUI) working with Congress was strongly opposed to the upcoming private exams, the ABVP under the BJP had not yet issued a ‘say’ or ‘argument’ statement regarding pen and paper. tests.
NSUI once again relieved its concerns after a DU announcement on April 1. Communist Party of India (Marxist) -affiliated Students’ Federation of India Delhi President Sumit Kataria said, of OBE.. “
On February 12, when the university finally agreed to the students’ demand for the reopening of the institution, it announced that the Open Book Exams format, which was used during the June and November 2021 examinations due to the epidemic, was followed by bizarre semester tests in March and April again. In addition, the university has also made it clear that physical exercises will return to the semester exams in May.
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