DU winter session sees over 2.28 lakh examinees; 904 papers conducted for UG, PG exams

NEW DELHI: The University of Delhi's ongoing winter examination session under the National Education Policy (NEP) and choice-based credit system (CBCS) witnessed a massive turnout on Wednesday, with a record 2,28,781 students appearing for the papers. The examination schedule was heavily centred on undergraduate programmes. According to an official status report from the University exam branch, 904 unique question papers were administered throughout the day.

A significant portion of the examinees came from the School of Open Learning (SOL), which is DU's distance education arm. SOL students accounted for 65,413 undergraduate (UG) and 2,002 postgraduate (PG) appearances, the branch said. Combined with 1,61,366 regular UG students (and no regular PG exams scheduled for the day), the SOL contingent made up nearly 30 per cent of the day's total exam-taking population, the statement said.

It mentioned that the morning session alone required 795 papers, with the vast majority (775) for regular and Non-Collegiate Women's Education Board (NCWEB) UG courses and 20 for SOL UG courses. The afternoon session had 109 papers, all for UG-level courses.

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DU Winter Exams: Morning session sees maximum turnout

The university had said in a statement on Saturday that approximately 800 papers were scheduled for the morning session and due to some logistical issues, a few papers could not be dispatched and the same could not be conducted at some examination centres.

The data reveals a clear preference for morning sessions, with the 9.30 am slot attracting 1,52,476 examinees, which is more than double the 76,305 students who appeared for the afternoon session at 2.30 pm. The data stated that no postgraduate examinations for regular or NCWEB students were held on this date, with the limited PG appearances solely from SOL candidates.

University officials said the examinations across all centres were conducted smoothly. A detailed session-wise breakdown showed that the 09.30 am session saw 1,52,476 students (1,08,122 Regular UG, 43,467 SOL UG and 887 SOL PG) and the afternoon 2.30 pm session saw 76,305 students (53,244 Regular UG, 21,946 SOL UG and 1,115 SOL PG).