Coronavirus: JNU admin approves online exams but teachers cry foul

NEW DELHI: The Jawaharlal NehruUniversity (JNU) administration on Wednesday said that its Academic Council has validated the conduct of online classes and semester examinations amid the lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The administration in a statement said that the Academic Council has “endorsed a resolution over email validating the holding of classes and providing research guidance to students”.

The administration in the statement said: “The council also approved the recommendations submitted by the deans of schools and chairpersons of special centres on the methods of holding semesters examinations in their respective schools or centres keeping in mind the difficulties of following the normal academic calendar and regular mode of such examinations...”

According to the statement, the council has “authorized the Vice Chancellor to approve any additional suggestion or request that may come from any school or special statement”.

However, The JNU Teachers Association (JNUTA) demanded that the “proceeding of the Academic Council meeting... be declared null and void”. They alleged that “not all of the council members got this email”.

The association also said that the email was circulated to members of the Academic Council on April 19 asking them to “convey their approval” by April 20.

They demanded that the issue should be resolved “after proper completion of the process of discussion”.

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