NU to conduct summer exams offline; students & teachers oppose the move – Education News
Soon after Nagpur University (NU) issued a notification to conduct summer 2022 theory and practical examinations in offline mode, the student community is furiously opposing the move. Teachers and principals have supported the students, pointing out that most of them were yet to resume offline classes in colleges and are still in favour of online teaching, as they are apprehensive of contracting the virus.
NU Exams will be held in offline mode after a two-year gap since March 2020. Students said that as the entire teaching was held online, exams should also be conducted in the same mode. According to them, despite the dip in Covid cases, it is yet to completely cease and in such a situation, there is always a risk to them or their family members’ lives. They said that many of them still haven’t received the first or second dose of vaccinations, which made them vulnerable to coronavirus infection.
Supporting their stand, Maharashtra Students Welfare Association (MSWA) president Vaibhav Edke said transportation and accommodation would be a big problem for examinees if they were to appear for offline papers, adding that the blended mode should be adopted by the university by balancing theory and multiple-choice questions. He also said that the syllabus must be reduced by at least 50% for offline papers, as many colleges are still teaching in online mode.
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