Gorakhpur: DDU Gorakhpur University is soon going to become the first in the country to give candidates the opportunity to appear in a research entrance examination while sitting at their home.
The candidates who have applied for Research Entrance Test (RET) 2020-21 would be allowed to appear in the exam online, while sitting at home, said DDU Gorakhpur University vice-chancellor Prof Rajesh Singh.
Only the IITs and NIITs had held regular examinations in online mode during Covid-19 pandemic, and now DDU will conduct the RET examination on January 10 allowing candidates to appear online from home.
The university has completed all necessary preparations for the online examination. About 5,000 candidates have registered to appear in the exam. Artificial intelligence will be used along with human processing to ensure free and fair exam.
Candidates appearing in the exam have to send their scanned photo ID, RET registration number on the university’s mail id dduguret20202021@gmail.com, the VC said.
All the candidates would be able to appear in the exam after verification of documents. While appearing in the exam, special care has to be taken by the candidates that their face is clearly visible on camera, Prof Singh said.