Offline, online exams at Kurukshetra University

Kurukshetra, August 25

Kurukshetra University has decided to conduct all undergraduate and postgraduate final year exams through a blend of offline and online modes from September 10 to 30.

Issuing a notification in this regard today, the university said the examinations for UG courses will begin on September 10 and for PG courses on September 15. As many as 261 colleges are affiliated to KU and nearly 1.20 lakh students will take the exams.

The roll numbers of students will be uploaded on the university website and also on the site of the college/institute of students concerned. The questions to be answered and the allotted time to finish the exam have been reduced by 50 per cent. The datesheets will be uploaded within two or three days on the university website.Though the question papers have been reduced to 50 per cent, students will still be given three hours (one-and-a-half hour to attempt the exam and another one-and-a-half hour to download the question paper and email answersheets to the chairperson/ director/ principal of the institute concerned. Hukam Singh, controller of examination, KU, said: “The exam will be of 50 marks. In case a student doesn’t have the facility to download and scan, he can submit his answersheet in the college.” — TNS