Cancel Final Sem exams, DU teachers, students demand in one voice
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New Delhi: Scores of Delhi University teachers and students have appealed to the administration to scrap the final semester examinations, which are scheduled to commence on June 7, in light of the deaths of 50 professors and teachers of the varsity and its affiliated colleges due to the coronavirus.
Delhi University on May 20 postponed semester exams for final-year undergraduate and postgraduate students for the second time and announced that these will now commence on June 7.
Scores of Delhi University teachers and students have appealed to the administration to scrap the final semester examinations, which are scheduled to commence on June 7, in light of the deaths of 50 professors and teachers of the varsity and .
The Delhi University on Thursday postponed the undergraduate and postgraduate final year exams for the second time. The exams were earlier scheduled to start from May 15 but were postponed to June 1 owing to the spike in coronavirus cases across the country. On Thursday, the varsity released a new notification saying final semester/ annual exams will commence from June 7, instead of June 1. The exams will be in the open book format and will be held online.
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The Delhi University on Thursday announced that examinations for final semester students will commence on June 7. Earlier, the examinations were scheduled to begin from May 15 and were postponed due to the ongoing second COVID wave.
In a notification issued, DU said: “Accordingly, all the date sheets released for commencement of examinations from May 15 are hereby withdrawn. The new date sheets shall be released soon and shall be available on the website of the University of Delhi. The detailed guideline regarding the May/June 2021 examination will be issued in due course of time.”
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I write this with deep anguish hoping that our vice-chancellors and heads of the higher education institutions will listen to a common teacher. Every day we hear news of our colleagues dying, dying because they could not get oxygen support in time or because they wasted time running from hospital to hospital. It is heartbreaking to see young colleagues, in their 30s and 40s, dying. Many more are struggling for life.