MDU students get another chance to take exams

Tribune News Service
Rohtak, November 17

Here is good news for students of various undergraduate courses of the Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU), who could not complete or submit exams online of the terminal semester held in October due to poor Internet connectivity or other inevitable reasons.

The university authorities have provided students another opportunity to take the offline exams commencing from November 23. The decision was taken, acting on the complaints lodged by students. Various students’ outfits were also raising the demand prominently.

As per the information, students of BA, BCom, BSc (pass/honours), BSc (biotech, home science and BVoc), BA (JMC), BBA, BCA, BPEd and BEd courses (regular/ distance mode) will be able to avail this special chance.

“A considerable number of students could not submit their answer sheets online despite appearing in the exams or failed to log in to take the exams due to poor Internet connectivity. Majority of such students belong to rural areas. Students are not responsible for this technical fault. They were demanding a chance to take the exams again,” said MDU official. Many more students were also deprived of taking exams due to other unavoidable reasons, the official said.

Sanjay, a student, said he had completed his exam online but the Internet server went down when he was submitting the answer sheet. “I was upset as I could not submit the exam. The paper was easy and went well. Now, I will be able to take the exam again,” he said.

“More than 500 students from eight districts will appear in the offline exams again. The online exam was based on MCQs, while the offline exam will be descriptive in nature,” said BS Sindhu, Controller of Examination, MDU.

Hailing the decision, Deepak Dhankar, a student leader, said the MDU had given a big relief to students, who had to pay the price for no fault on their part.

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