Amravati University online, offline exams from Oct 12

Nagpur: The Amravati University (AU) on Friday announced that its exam for undergraduate and postgraduate final year students will be held in both modes — online and offline — from October 12. As on Friday evening, the university had received 5,300 requests from students for offline exams at 99 centres in the district.
AU’s board of examinations and evaluation director Hemant Deshmukh released a video explaining the entire process of the final year examination.
The SGBAU Pariksha App had over 50,000 downloads. Deshmukh requested students to reinstall the latest version of the app as major corrections were made to ensure seamless conduct of the exams.
Internet connectivity requirement would be minimal for the online exam. “Students will need internet connection only for logging in and downloading the question paper. As soon as the paper starts, a timer for 90 minutes duration will also begin and lock the paper on scheduled time irrespective if the mobile phone is connected to internet or not,” he said.
Students will have to reconnect, in case, they prefer switching off their data connection during exam time, to submit the paper. “In the meantime, no change can be made in the paper once the duration is over,” Deshmukh said in the video.
The App will not work on Apple handset but only on Android 5.1 and above configuration mobile phones.
The multiple choice questions (MCQs) pattern would be followed in both online and offline modes. “We will be providing QMR sheets to exam centre. Around 100 QMR sheets would be kept even at centres where no student has requested offline mode. In case, there is change of mind or app issues, students should be able to appear in the exam,” he said.
If physically challenged students wish to appear in offline mode, they will get all assistance beside 20 minutes additional time as per government norms. The divyang students need to attempt only 33% questions.