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Hight court’s refusal on interference in DU’s online open book examination

DU Times — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 11:58:39 +0000

The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to interfere with Delhi University’s decision to conduct online open book exam for intermediate semesters of its law course which could not be conducted last year due to COVID-19, and said that it would not allow students to dictate terms of examination of a professional course. “I am not going to allow students to dictate the terms of exams of a professional course,” a bench of Justice Prateek Jalan said while hearing four petitions by students of second and final year of Faculty of Law, Delhi University.

The court refused to pass a direction to the university to conduct an assignment based examination instead and clarified that it would not substitute the stand taken by the university.

“Court can’t give mandatory direction to the university to conduct assignment based examination… The matter is one which university is authorised to consider. University’s policy decision can’t be interfered with by court,” it said.

The court nonetheless asked the university to declare the results of the examinations as expeditiously as possible. Law Faculty Dean Vandana told the court that the examination in question was likely to be conducted in July itself and another round of exams would be held in September for the benefit of students who are unable to sit in the first round.

Advocate Seema Dolo, appearing for DU, submitted that as approved by the Bar Council of India, the mode of examination, whether online, offline, blended or assignment based – was left to the discretion of the institute concerned.

Advocate Siddharth Seem, who appeared for a final-year law student, argued that the online open book examination for last year’s intermediate semesters II and IV was not in the interest of students.

Pressing for an assignment-based examination, the dates for the online open book examination might clash with the other entrance examinations that the final year students might take for further studies.

In this regard, the court took on record Prof Vandana’s assurance that as far as possible, the date sheet would be decided keeping in mind the dates of entrance examinations. In any event, those who cannot take the examination in July can take it in September, the court added. All four petitions were disposed of the court.

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DU- entrance based courses likely to begin registration from mid july

DU Times — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 12:45:14 +0000

The Delhi University is likely to begin registrations for admission to entrance test-based and postgraduate courses in the third week of July, at least a week prior to starting the process for the remaining merit-based undergraduate courses, a senior official said on Monday. The Supreme Court had on June 24 directed all state boards to declare the internal assessment results of Class 12 by July 31 and gave them 10 days to formulate and notify their evaluation schemes.

Rajeev Gupta, chairman, DU admissions, told PTI , “We might start the registration process (for admissions) by the third week of July. There are chances that we might start the registration process for the nine entrance-based courses and postgraduate courses by that time in the first phase and then the registration process for the merit-based courses. The gap between the two phases won’t be more than a week or 10 days.”

He, however, said there is a possibility that all state boards may not declare Class 12 results by July 31.

The admission process was entirely conducted online last year in view of the coronavirus pandemic and students did not have to visit colleges or departments at all.

Students used online platforms for the admission process, accessing the admission list, payment of fees etc. from the comfort of their homes, the university said, adding that the verification of documents was also done online.

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NEET, JEE main 2021- suspense on the rise among students

DU Times — Mon, 28 Jun 2021 02:58:03 +0000

With the postponement of different national entrance exams, the examinations of many state boards across the country were also canceled.

After national level tests like JEE, NEET, and CLAT, among others, were postponed, now, preparations are being made to conduct examinations for admission in engineering, medical and other courses.

According to sources, the NEET 2021 can be shifted to September . However, a final decision in this regard is yet to be taken and the Ministry is in process of reviewing the COVID-19 situation across states and UTs.

Let’s dive in for the latest updates regarding these National Entrance Tests-

NEET- ( National eligibility cum entrance test) it is held for admission in medical colleges across the country, and currently, there is talk of postponing the NEET UG 2021 for the time being. Till now the government has not given any clear decision regarding this. This examination is to be conducted on August 1.

With no recent announcements, students now want to know if NEET will be held as per the schedule announced earlier.
“It is almost confirmed that NEET 2021 is going to be postponed. In 1 month it is not possible to complete all process of form fill up,” said Nitesh Bhakar.

Apart from this, the latest update regarding the engineering entrance exam JEE Main is that the Union Education Ministry is hoping to conduct the remaining two phases of the engineering entrance exam JEE Main 2021 in July and August. According to a report in Aaj Tak, a final decision in this regard is yet to be taken as the ministry is in the process of reviewing the COVID-19 situation.

As of now, the date of JEE Main exam has not changed. According to the fixed date sheet, this exam will be held on July 17, 2021. The results of the same will be announced on August 14. Notably, the exam was to be held earlier in April but was postponed due to the second wave of COVID-19.

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CBSE Board (offline-mode) exams likely to be held in August

DU Times — Sat, 26 Jun 2021 04:46:36 +0000

CBSE Board Exams 2021 for Class 10, 12 in offline mode will likely to be conducted in August if situation is conducive, said Education Minister.

Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal on June 25 shared a special message for CBSE Board Exam 2021 students. The education minister said that students who are dissatisfied with their Class 10, 12 results can appear for physical exams that would likely be conducted in August if the situation is favourable.

CBSE Board Exam 2021 for Class 10, 12 has been cancelled by the Board due to the rise in COVID19 cases across the country. The Board has framed separate evaluation criteria for Class 10 and Class 12. The evaluation criteria was accepted by the Supreme Court on June 18, 2021, for Class 12. The result will be declared by CBSE by July 31, 2021.

The exam dates and other details of physical exams (if conducted) will be released by the Board in due course of time.

In a major upset, no announcement regarding JEE Main 2021 or NEET 2021 exam dates were made. The message was only to assure the students of the safety and to share the process of CBSE Result 2021 calculation. Lakhs of students are eagerly waiting for the clarity on the pending competitive exams. It may be worthy to point out here that the Education Minister did not conduct a live session. The message was a pre-recorded message for the stduents.
In the recorded message , the Education Minister has shared that the CBSE optional exams may be conducted in August or any other later date, in case situation is conducive. He has also insisted that the safety of the students is paramount to the government.

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Students urged J&K governor to establish centres in Srinagar

DU Times — Fri, 25 Jun 2021 03:11:06 +0000

Students of Jammu and Kashmir are urging the government to set up examination centres at Srinagar for various Universities like (JNU, DU, JMI and AMU) entrances.

In a statement, the spokesperson of the Association, Nasir Khuehami, said that it is not possible for the students to afford air tickets to travel to other states and appear for exams as most of the them are hailing from marginalised communities.

As the examinations will be conducted from the next month, many students fear contagion, are giving second thoughts to traveling. It is going to be a lot of a hassle for students to travel to Delhi and other places when most of the students are not vaccinated as yet, and there is also a possibility of the third wave happening in the country.

Despite the pandemic, no centre has been allotted to Kashmir by these universities which has left the local students high and dry.

JKSA Secretary Davood Ahmad said: “It will be very inconvenient for the Kashmiri students to travel all the way and spend money on in other states if their examination centres are not arranged locally. This is really hard and grave situation especially for the students belonging to the average income group who can not afford the travel and accommodation expenses.”

He requested LG Sinha to urgently look into the matter and kindly establish alternative exam centre for Kashmiri students in Srinagar for the entrance exam, “otherwise large number of the students may miss the examination if the centre is not set up in Valley.”

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