The government backed down and cancelled these reckless exams. They tried to force us into a health trap but we refused to break. Now we stay alert to ensure they keep their word.
September 18, 2020
Cancel Final Year Students Exams and GiVe General Promotion on the basis of internal assessments and earlier semester performances
Final supporters
Shri. Narendra Damodardas Modi Ji
Honourable Prime Minister of India
Sir, hope this letter finds you in good health. India has crossed more than 8 Lakh Covid Cases and is now the third worst affected country in the world. Since reporting the first case about 3 months back, the number of cases have only been on the rise.
On 29th April, UGC has released fresh guidelines that say Final Year Exams have to be ‘compulsorily’ conducted in the month of September. This has caused confusion, panic and immense stress amongst the Students and Education Fraternity.
The UGC’s latest advisory on examinations is unfortunate because it takes us backwards rather than forward. It effectively extends the period for holding of exams (for final-year/semester cohorts) until September, the second such postponement. And it creates fresh uncertainty for states that had already decided to cancel exams.
The recommendation to cancel exams was prompted by an unprecedented health emergency, not by doubts about the value of examinations.
Such an act by HRD ministry could be construed as a breach of the spirit of federalism where a state is not taken into confidence before decisions are arrived at.
We would like to raise a few concerns on behalf of the students regarding the same.
1. When exams were originally scheduled, Covid cases were far lesser and it had not reached all parts of our country. The cases have been steadily rising and we cannot be sure they would decline by September.
2. Online Infrastructure and Availability is poor in rural parts of our country, hence Online Exams cannot be an option. Offline Exams would be an invite to community transmission.
3. Lakhs of final year students have secured jobs as campus placements or enrolled in private Indian Universities or Foreign Universities. Exams in September would mean they effectively lose all these opportunities.
4. Reputed Foreign Universities and Indian Universities like IIT Mumbai, NLU have taken a decision to cancel exams even they have far lesser number of students, why insist of ‘compulsion’ of these exams?
5. Most courses follow semester pattern which means subjects change per semester. It effectively means a final year student has completed 85% - 90% of his course and even studied for the final semester. Hence an aggregate of previous examination marks is used by majority of foreign universities to evaluate students in these stressful times of Covid.
6.Throat argued that the uncertainty of Covid-19 pandemic will create the “genuine need” of repeated postponements, which can be avoided altogether by adopting alternative methods of evaluation, including past performance of students.
7.Using alternative methods of evaluation based on each student’s own past performance (in exams conducted in normal times) offers a fair solution and brings closure, with the option of retaking the exam when normalcy is restored
8. When faced with such an emergency, cancelling exams has two main advantages: First, it avoids the extended uncertainty created by repeated (but unavoidable) postponements. Second, it protects the integrity of the examination by refusing to abandon its two most basic features – impartiality, or equal treatment of all examinees; and close supervision to prevent cheating.
9. Given the realities facing the overwhelming majority of our students and institutions, examinations held in the “online” or “mixed” modes will be biased as they will favour students with better access to the internet and work against students whose access is precarious.
10. cancelling the exams will help in protecting their “integrity” as the online mode may not give equal opportunities to all examinees, and lack close supervision to prevent cheating.cancelling exams during a pandemic is “sensible” and “fair” because examinations must not be “devalued”.
You will kindly appreciate that the students and teaching communities are the assets of our country and the world. We must take proper care of their physical and mental well being. They should not feel upset.
For the sake of our youth, I urge the honourable Prime Minister to personally intervene and cancel final year exams of central government and state universities and save the future
Regards
All final year students and their parents
Updates
July 15, 2020
We just hit 250 signatures and the UGC is still ignoring the reality that this pandemic is burning out of control. These bureaucrats are gambling with our lives to hold exams while the case count is exploding across the country.
Reached 250 supporters
July 14, 2020
Reached 100 supporters
July 11, 2020
263 Comments
My kids are under 5 years old my younger one is just 4 months old ... I m Scared to step out.... Please don't put our life at risk... Already we have given 3sem exams and I think it's enough to judge our eligibility Thanks and regards
Creating a compulsion for end year semester examination would be like compromising with the future of the nation in such a severe pandemic situation where as the end semester students have been assesed regularly in their previous seven semesters
Our lives are more important than exams. We have given the previous exams but now situation is not favourable. Kindly promote us on our previous performance. You can hold the result of those who got compartment. You can also give us projects for assessment
MEDICOS life matters and we are at high risk to get infection. When Mr. Bachhan is not safe in his own house how can we students be safe in exam hall and during practical exams in hospital? Just think about it. Don't be so much egoistic. Our life is precious to our parents.
m be student of jammu university jammu the last year students doesnt wants to give a exams we are not study in 4g no proper internet we are suffereng frm last year without 4g how it is possible plz promote final year students and all backlog students
Cancel the exams we are not ready to die save student save life..
Yesterday 2 people was found +ve in my society. UGC must think about the consequences of calling the students to give exams.
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The government backed down and cancelled these reckless exams. They tried to force us into a health trap but we refused to break. Now we stay alert to ensure they keep their word.
September 18, 2020
Cancel Final Year Students Exams and GiVe General Promotion on the basis of internal assessments and earlier semester performances
Final supporters
Shri. Narendra Damodardas Modi Ji
Honourable Prime Minister of India
Sir, hope this letter finds you in good health. India has crossed more than 8 Lakh Covid Cases and is now the third worst affected country in the world. Since reporting the first case about 3 months back, the number of cases have only been on the rise.
On 29th April, UGC has released fresh guidelines that say Final Year Exams have to be ‘compulsorily’ conducted in the month of September. This has caused confusion, panic and immense stress amongst the Students and Education Fraternity.
The UGC’s latest advisory on examinations is unfortunate because it takes us backwards rather than forward. It effectively extends the period for holding of exams (for final-year/semester cohorts) until September, the second such postponement. And it creates fresh uncertainty for states that had already decided to cancel exams.
The recommendation to cancel exams was prompted by an unprecedented health emergency, not by doubts about the value of examinations.
Such an act by HRD ministry could be construed as a breach of the spirit of federalism where a state is not taken into confidence before decisions are arrived at.
We would like to raise a few concerns on behalf of the students regarding the same.
1. When exams were originally scheduled, Covid cases were far lesser and it had not reached all parts of our country. The cases have been steadily rising and we cannot be sure they would decline by September.
2. Online Infrastructure and Availability is poor in rural parts of our country, hence Online Exams cannot be an option. Offline Exams would be an invite to community transmission.
3. Lakhs of final year students have secured jobs as campus placements or enrolled in private Indian Universities or Foreign Universities. Exams in September would mean they effectively lose all these opportunities.
4. Reputed Foreign Universities and Indian Universities like IIT Mumbai, NLU have taken a decision to cancel exams even they have far lesser number of students, why insist of ‘compulsion’ of these exams?
5. Most courses follow semester pattern which means subjects change per semester. It effectively means a final year student has completed 85% - 90% of his course and even studied for the final semester. Hence an aggregate of previous examination marks is used by majority of foreign universities to evaluate students in these stressful times of Covid.
6.Throat argued that the uncertainty of Covid-19 pandemic will create the “genuine need” of repeated postponements, which can be avoided altogether by adopting alternative methods of evaluation, including past performance of students.
7.Using alternative methods of evaluation based on each student’s own past performance (in exams conducted in normal times) offers a fair solution and brings closure, with the option of retaking the exam when normalcy is restored
8. When faced with such an emergency, cancelling exams has two main advantages: First, it avoids the extended uncertainty created by repeated (but unavoidable) postponements. Second, it protects the integrity of the examination by refusing to abandon its two most basic features – impartiality, or equal treatment of all examinees; and close supervision to prevent cheating.
9. Given the realities facing the overwhelming majority of our students and institutions, examinations held in the “online” or “mixed” modes will be biased as they will favour students with better access to the internet and work against students whose access is precarious.
10. cancelling the exams will help in protecting their “integrity” as the online mode may not give equal opportunities to all examinees, and lack close supervision to prevent cheating.cancelling exams during a pandemic is “sensible” and “fair” because examinations must not be “devalued”.
You will kindly appreciate that the students and teaching communities are the assets of our country and the world. We must take proper care of their physical and mental well being. They should not feel upset.
For the sake of our youth, I urge the honourable Prime Minister to personally intervene and cancel final year exams of central government and state universities and save the future
Regards
All final year students and their parents
Updates
July 15, 2020
We just hit 250 signatures and the UGC is still ignoring the reality that this pandemic is burning out of control. These bureaucrats are gambling with our lives to hold exams while the case count is exploding across the country.
Reached 250 supporters
July 14, 2020
Reached 100 supporters
July 11, 2020
263 Comments
Ibam a bds final year .if final year exams will be held then our praticals have to be done on the patient which is in now critical pandemic situation it's impossible .we r literally imbalanced now .it's better to cancel the exams for safety issue
My kids are under 5 years old my younger one is just 4 months old ... I m Scared to step out.... Please don't put our life at risk... Already we have given 3sem exams and I think it's enough to judge our eligibility Thanks and regards
Creating a compulsion for end year semester examination would be like compromising with the future of the nation in such a severe pandemic situation where as the end semester students have been assesed regularly in their previous seven semesters
Our lives are more important than exams. We have given the previous exams but now situation is not favourable. Kindly promote us on our previous performance. You can hold the result of those who got compartment. You can also give us projects for assessment
MEDICOS life matters and we are at high risk to get infection. When Mr. Bachhan is not safe in his own house how can we students be safe in exam hall and during practical exams in hospital? Just think about it. Don't be so much egoistic. Our life is precious to our parents.
m be student of jammu university jammu the last year students doesnt wants to give a exams we are not study in 4g no proper internet we are suffereng frm last year without 4g how it is possible plz promote final year students and all backlog students
Cancel the exams we are not ready to die save student save life..
Yesterday 2 people was found +ve in my society. UGC must think about the consequences of calling the students to give exams.
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Ibam a bds final year .if final year exams will be held then our praticals have to be done on the patient which is in now critical pandemic situation it's impossible .we r literally imbalanced now .it's better to cancel the exams for safety issue