DU to implement the reforms process from November 2012

Updated on: Monday, October 15, 2012

Delhi University's (DU) newly introduced examination reform, amidst much confrontation from the academic community, will be applicable from the November-December semester examination . In a change from the earlier system, where students had to write their roll numbers and course details on a separate sheet attached to the answer script for the purpose of maintaining confidentiality, now the details of the students will be displayed on the answerscripts itself.
Students will have to write their names, father's name and the college name on the answer-script . Besides, to make the evaluation fair and faultfree , three examiners will be correcting the same answer script from now on. Also, this year onwards, there will be two evaluation centres — in the North and the South campus — with a head examiner at each panel, overlooking the evaluation process.

In the recent years, many instances of mistakes in the question paper have been observed leading to confusion and waste of time of students writing the exam. Until now, teachers from various departments used to write the questions on a paper and send it to the examination branch. In order to tackle this, the university has now made a rule that each department will have to type the question paper , which will then go to the exam branch.

According to Dinesh Singh, DU vice-chancellor , the idea behind the reform is to make the system even more transparent and to do away with the long delays in declaration of results.

Though teachers across campus have been protesting the move claiming that the new system will only lead to bias, Singh says, "Even before the reforms were introduced, there was no secrecy, for 80% of the students comprising BA (programme), BSc programmes and the School of Open Learning (SOL), as they used to mention their details on the answer-scripts . There can be no bias, as all three examiners cannot hold prejudice against the same student."

Taking a positive stance on the reforms, Pradumn Kumar, principal, Hindu College, says, "I think the new system should work, however, implementation is a crucial part. The reforms are welcome provided they result in early declaration of results . This is because the final year students are left in a fix as they have to appear for various competitive exams, or many have to appear for placement interviews. If implemented properly, the reforms are likely to benefit the student community at large."

DU to implement the reforms process from November 2012

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