Nagpur university's summer examinations to be held in offline mode from June 8

NAGPUR: Summer examinations of Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University here will be conducted in offline mode from June 8, a senior official said on Friday.

The examinations will be conducted in the multiple choice question (MCQ) format, said the Director of the Board of Examinations Prafulla Sable. A meeting in this regard was held earlier in the day, he said. Examinations for the final year of undergraduate courses will start on June 8, those for the final year of postgraduate courses will start on June 15 and all other exams will start on June 22.

Students will get 90 minutes to write every paper. There will be 50 questions, out of which 40 questions will be needed to be attempted. The exam timetable will be published on the university website in a day or two, Sable said.

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Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) students recently protested against the university conducting offline exams. Students raised slogans demanding online exams in front of the office of the Jamia Millia Islamia proctor on the first day of resumption of exams in physical mode. Many students also boycotted the exams.

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