Ahmedabad: After taking the online exam in the second half of 2020 and early 2021, Gujarat Technological University (GTU) had conducted the in-person exam in June 2021 covid GTU had also announced the in-person exam for January 2022.
However, with the recent explosion in cases over concerns about the Omicron type of virus, the university was forced to call off individual exams.
GTU, State largest technical universityWith 5.5 lakh students, it has around 600 colleges affiliated with it. It had emerged as the pioneer of online examinations in 2020, becoming the first university in the state to conduct such examinations due to the COVID situation.
Vice Chancellor of GTU Naveen Setho “We have postponed the exams because we had prepared for the exams in person and we can’t switch to online only exams at a moment’s notice,” it said.
“In order to conduct online exams, we have to get students to register the tools by which they intend to take the exam. We use advanced proctoring tools for our online exams, and even That has also caught those students who indulged in unfair examination practices in our online tests,” Sheth said. In Summer 2020 Semester Exams, GTU caught some 20 students for exam malpractices using their online proctoring tool. He was banned from the exam for a year.
Sheth said, “In the next few days, after assessing the COVID situation, we will take a decision on whether to take the test online or in person. If the COVID situation continues to worsen, we will discuss the online test with our dean. Will discuss.”
on Monday, members of National Students Union of India The GTU officials were approached with a memorandum demanding that the in-person examination be discontinued due to the COVID situation. He has said that students should be able to go home and not stay in hostels because of exams, as the cases increase.
However, with the recent explosion in cases over concerns about the Omicron type of virus, the university was forced to call off individual exams.
GTU, State largest technical universityWith 5.5 lakh students, it has around 600 colleges affiliated with it. It had emerged as the pioneer of online examinations in 2020, becoming the first university in the state to conduct such examinations due to the COVID situation.
Vice Chancellor of GTU Naveen Setho “We have postponed the exams because we had prepared for the exams in person and we can’t switch to online only exams at a moment’s notice,” it said.
“In order to conduct online exams, we have to get students to register the tools by which they intend to take the exam. We use advanced proctoring tools for our online exams, and even That has also caught those students who indulged in unfair examination practices in our online tests,” Sheth said. In Summer 2020 Semester Exams, GTU caught some 20 students for exam malpractices using their online proctoring tool. He was banned from the exam for a year.
Sheth said, “In the next few days, after assessing the COVID situation, we will take a decision on whether to take the test online or in person. If the COVID situation continues to worsen, we will discuss the online test with our dean. Will discuss.”
on Monday, members of National Students Union of India The GTU officials were approached with a memorandum demanding that the in-person examination be discontinued due to the COVID situation. He has said that students should be able to go home and not stay in hostels because of exams, as the cases increase.
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