DU MA English students say 'not comfortable with online examination'
125 students out of 183 students studying in Delhi University's MA english said they were not comfortable with online examination. Out of the 183 only 89 of them had access to computers, which will be essential to appear for the exam.
Representational Image. NEW DELHI: 125 students out of 183 students studying in Delhi University's MA english said they were not comfortable with online examination. Out of the 183 only 89 of them had access to computers, which will be essential to appear for the exam.
The final year masters students of the department have submitted this statistics along with a letter arguing that online exams should not be conducted. The students of the department had conducted an online survey, in which 183 students out of a total strength of 328 were able to respond.
Stating that with only 35 of them could regularly attend online classes, students have stated their incapability to write the exam despite being an open book.
In the letter, they have said, "The proposed online OBE format not only lack infrastructural viability (not just on the part of students but also from the side of the university whose servers even while declaring semester results often get bogged down) but is also devoid of any ethical strong-base; institutionalizing, in a blatant manner, inequality and discrimination. The proposed format and the haste to execute it against all opposition reflects poorly on the approach to education and its accessibility that the university endorses."
So 126 students have also said that DU must provide multiple modes of examination to the students.
Even suggesting an alternative form of evaluation, 42.6% of students said that it should be a long essay question to be submitted in a few days, over 33% said offline exams post lockdown. While 26.2% suggested marks calculation on the basis of average of previous semester and the internal assessments.
"The University has said that the OBE requires only "limited internet availability" for downloading and uploading the question paper and answer sheets and has proposed a vague but complicated and unfeasible alternative in case there are glitches. Firstly, the university forgets that the duration of availability of internet connection is not the question, but rather, the quality, consistency and accessibility of it. It is a known fact that connectivity is an issue in most rural parts of India and even in cities. The university underestimates the struggle to download a question paper," added the letter.
The students have demanded that the university should withdraw this discriminatory system.
The final year masters students of the department have submitted this statistics along with a letter arguing that online exams should not be conducted. The students of the department had conducted an online survey, in which 183 students out of a total strength of 328 were able to respond.
Stating that with only 35 of them could regularly attend online classes, students have stated their incapability to write the exam despite being an open book.
In the letter, they have said, "The proposed online OBE format not only lack infrastructural viability (not just on the part of students but also from the side of the university whose servers even while declaring semester results often get bogged down) but is also devoid of any ethical strong-base; institutionalizing, in a blatant manner, inequality and discrimination. The proposed format and the haste to execute it against all opposition reflects poorly on the approach to education and its accessibility that the university endorses."
So 126 students have also said that DU must provide multiple modes of examination to the students.
Even suggesting an alternative form of evaluation, 42.6% of students said that it should be a long essay question to be submitted in a few days, over 33% said offline exams post lockdown. While 26.2% suggested marks calculation on the basis of average of previous semester and the internal assessments.
"The University has said that the OBE requires only "limited internet availability" for downloading and uploading the question paper and answer sheets and has proposed a vague but complicated and unfeasible alternative in case there are glitches. Firstly, the university forgets that the duration of availability of internet connection is not the question, but rather, the quality, consistency and accessibility of it. It is a known fact that connectivity is an issue in most rural parts of India and even in cities. The university underestimates the struggle to download a question paper," added the letter.
The students have demanded that the university should withdraw this discriminatory system.
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