Delhi University (DU) has announced that the practical examination, oral examination and oral examination of undergraduate courses will be conducted in physical mode by “strictly following” the COVID guidelines. There has been a huge jump in the cases of Kovid in Delhi in recent times. The city on Wednesday recorded 1,109 COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 5.87 per cent and one fatality rate. Delhi had reported less than 1,000 one-day infections on Monday and Tuesday.
The examination wing of DU on Wednesday issued a notification detailing the procedure to be followed for conducting internal assessment, practical, oral examination, project, oral examination, apprenticeship, internship and fieldwork. The university said that there will be 25 per cent weightage in internal assessment and 75 per cent weightage in semester examination.
“The distribution of internal assessment marks will be as follows: attendance (interactive duration and lectures including tutorials) (5 per cent) written assignments / tutorials / project reports / seminars (10 per cent) and class test(s) / quiz(s) (10 per cent) ),” the notification read. The University also announced that evaluation of all internships and dissertations will be conducted in physical mode.
“Practical for graduation will be conducted in physical mode strictly following the COVID guidelines, based on the syllabus. practical and oral, oral (moot court) examinations (where applicable); All such examinations will be conducted in physical mode strictly adhering to the COVID guidelines,” the notification said. Delhi has reported a few cases of Omicron’s ba.4 and ba.5 variants, which are highly transmissible, but experts have said there is no need to panic as they do not cause serious infections.
DU had reopened for in-person classes on February 17 after being closed for two years. The university was closed in March 2020 following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Individual practical sessions for third-year students resumed last year, but the university was closed again in December due to a spike in the number of Covid cases.
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