DU to conduct practical exams, Viva voce for UG Courses in offline mode
India Today
Delhi University, in a recent announcement, has made it clear that practical examinations, viva voce, and oral exams for undergraduate courses will be conducted in the physical mode.
DU Exams 2022: Delhi University (DU) has recently announced that practical examinations, viva voce, and oral exams for undergraduate courses will be conducted in the physical mode by "strictly adhering" to Covid-19 guidelines. As per officials, this decision has been taken after witnessing the current scenario in Delhi. The city logged 1,109 Covid-19 cases with a positivity rate of 5.87 percent and one fatality on June 29, 2022.
Delhi had reported less than 1,000 single-day infections between 27 to 28 June 2022. Delhi University examination branch on June 29 issued a notification entailing the procedure that needs to be followed to conduct internal assessments, practicals, viva-voce, projects, oral examinations, apprenticeships, internships, and fieldwork.
As per the varsity, the internal assessment will carry 25 percent weight and the semester examination 75 percent weightage.
"The distribution of internal assessment marks shall be as follows: attendance (lectures including interactive periods and tutorials) (5 percent), written assignments/tutorials/project reports/ seminars (10 percent), and class test(s)/quiz(s) (10 percent)," the notification read.
The university also announced that all the internships and evaluations of dissertations will be conducted in physical mode.
"Based on the practical syllabus, the practice for the undergraduate shall be conducted in the physical mode by strictly adhering to Covid-19 guidelines. Practical and viva voce, oral (moot court) examinations (wherever applicable); all such examinations shall be conducted in the physical mode by strictly adhering to Covid-19 guidelines," the notification said.
The DU reopened for in-person classes on February 17 after remaining shut for two years. The university was shut down in March 2020 after the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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