125 students out of 183 students studying in Delhi University’s MA english said they were not comfortable with online examination. Out of the 183 only 89 of them had access to computers, which will be essential to appear for the exam.
The final year masters students of the department have submitted these statistics along with a letter arguing that online exams should not be conducted. The students of the department had conducted an online survey, in which 183 students out of a total strength of 328 were able to respond.
Even suggesting an alternative form of evaluation, 42.6% of students said that it should be a long essay question to be submitted in a few days, over 33% said offline exams post lockdown. While 26.2% suggested marks calculation on the basis of the average of the previous semester and the internal assessments.
The student has demanded that the university should withdraw this discriminatory system as soon as possible.
