Submit data on mock tests for third-year DU students: High Court

On Thursday, Delhi High Court directed Delhi University (DU) to place before it the data of final year student’ mock tests, to gauge the preparedness of the university to conduct the online Open Book Examination.

A bench of Justice Hima Kohli and Justice Subramonium Prasad said a senior official of the university will also be present during the video conferencing hearing on July 28, in case the court wants some clarifications.

“On the next date, we would like to know how your (DU) mock tests went. Give us the entire data on the mock test, and how many students participated,” the high court bench said.

The university assured the court it will give all the data of the mock tests relating to how many students participated and how many question papers were downloaded and answer sheets uploaded.

The high court also asked the varsity to give the data of how many students under the persons with disability category participated in the mock tests. It is hearing a batch of petitions challenging the final year examination of Delhi University, including one by the National Federation of Blind and Prateek Sharma.

The plea by the federation has argued that universities, schools, colleges, and other educational institutions have engaged in online teachings amid COVID-19 outbreak, however, no efforts have been made by the government to consider the needs of the visually impaired and specially-abled individuals.

The final year examinations in DU are scheduled from August 10 to 31.

The high court noted that the Supreme Court is also seized of various petitions challenging University Grants Commission’s guidelines for conducting the final year exams in central universities.

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