BHU lets faculties decide mode of end-semester exams; gives 3 options

NEW DELHI: The Banaras Hindu University (BHU) has provided its faculties with the choice to conduct the semester-end examinations either in online mode as open book examination or offline mode. Faculties can also let students choose from online or offline mode.

The decision has been taken by the BHU administration in the interest of students and due to the difficulties, students had to go through in learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, said a statement from BHU. The faculties can select one among the three models suggested after consultation with their department's heads, teachers and students.

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A high-level meeting at BHU which was chaired by Sudhir K Jain, vice-chancellor of BHU and attended by directors of institutes, deans of faculties and senior officers of the university came up with the decision to provide these options regarding the BHU end-semester exams.

“As the situation varies from faculty to faculty, applying a uniform solution across faculties won’t be right. The meeting also took note of the requirement of regulatory bodies to conduct classes and hold examinations in offline mode in some of the courses,” said the statement.

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BHU had recently reopened the campus for PhD students. The university’s Institute of Medical Sciences is also continuing classes in offline mode. First-year students of certain BHU departments and institutes such as Science Institute, faculty of arts, social science, law, stage arts, visual arts, commerce, Sanskrit Vidya Dharma Vigyan and Women's College are exempted from attending offline classes.