Calcutta University says all upcoming semester exams shall be held offline
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KOLKATA: Calcutta University Friday introduced all upcoming semester exams shall be held offline, refusing to buckle to calls for by a piece of agitating undergraduate college students who need on-line assessments which had been the norm throughout the two years when Covid-19 pandemic raged by means of the nation.
CU Vice-Chancellor Sonali Chakraborty Banerjee advised PTI, the members of the very best choice making physique of the establishment, Syndicate “unanimously” determined to conduct the upcoming semester exams in offline mode.
“Today Calcutta University Syndicate members unanimously accepted the recommendations of the members of all Faculty Councils, the chairpersons of all Undergraduate Boards of Studies and opinions of most of the Principals to conduct the upcoming even semester examinations in offline mode,” she stated in an official assertion.
On the claims by college students, that with in-person lessons at campus having taken place solely in previous two months leading to gaps of their tutorials, the VC stated in her assertion “Syndicate took the decision and also decided that all the Principals of affiliated colleges will be well- advised to take steps to arrange special classes to complete courses immediately according to the syllabi, if not already done.”
After two panels of the college really helpful holding the semester exams in each undergraduate and post-graduate ranges on offline mode, the varsity sought the opinion of affiliated school principals on the problem and an awesome majority advocated for in-campus assessments.
Educationist Pabitrra Sarkar, indologist and tutorial Nrisinga Prasad Bhaduri and others described “online exams as no exam at all and said for the sake of their career, the students should give up the unjust demand.”
“With dip in Covid cases and offline classes having begun, there is no reason why the higher educational institutions should give in to such unfair demands by a section of students,” Bhaduri stated earlier.
