UPRTOU final exams on MCQ format

Prayagraj: The final semester and final year examinations of Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University (UPRTOU) will start from August 3 and end on August 16. Around 48,000 students would be giving the exams which would be held at 122 examination centres across the state.
Giving this information, Vice-Chancellor of the lone open university of the state Seema Singh said, “This time, students would be giving their answers on an OMR sheet as the questions would be based on multiple choice questions (MCQ). Earlier, the exams were in descriptive format.” Admit cards of students, who would be appearing in the examination, have been uploaded and all the candidates should download the admit card and attend the examination on the scheduled date following the Covid-19 protocol, she added.
The VC further said that for the convenience of the candidates, a demo of filling the OMR sheet has been displayed on the university website. In which the booklet code number, paper code number, examination centre, signature, sequence of questions and options along with enrollment number are explained clearly in the OMR sheet.
All the aspirants who are going to appear in the exam can practice it to avoid any error in filling the OMR sheet.
Singh said that it has been decided to conduct the final semester and final year examinations of certificate, diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate courses conducted under the semester and annual system. Apart from this, such students of the second year of graduation, who were promoted to the first year and the result was to be determined on the marks of the second year, will also be giving the exams.
Term-end June 2021 examinations will be held in three shifts. The duration of the question papers will be 90 minutes. A single question paper has been made including all the question papers (maximum three question papers) of a subject. The total number of questions will be 60.
“Due to the examination of Uttar Pradesh BEd on August 6, now the examination scheduled for August 6 would be conducted on August 16 at the scheduled place and time”, says then VC.
Singh also stated that full Covid-19 protocol would have to be followed during the examinations. All centre heads have been instructed to ensure that the examination centre is sanitised. Arrangements have been made for candidates to sit at a minimum distance of six feet in the examination hall. Masks have been made mandatory for all the candidates, she added.