Today, a student from Department of Buddhist wrote a letter to Delhi University Teacher Association (DUTA) President for the suspension of Online open book examination to be conducted by university of delhi from July 1. He wrote this letter.
Respected Sir,
With due respect I am a student from the Department of Buddhist Studies. We collectively as students of M.A. Part -2, Buddhist studies (Group-F-Tibetan Buddhism) as well as Diploma Course in Tibetan, wants to express our grievances on the decision of online conduction of examination which are tentatively scheduled to be conducted in the third week of June. Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic many students are currently stationed at there hometowns that includes many remote places of Ladakh and Lahaul-Spiti (Himachal), with poor internet services and unreliability of the electricity.
Places where 24/7 electricity supply is not even guaranteed, how are we as students suppose to deal with situations wherein if the devices (computers) were to shut down in the middle of the process of taking the examination, it would be unfair and an inconvenience for the student.Under these circumstances each student won’t have adequate resources, tools etc required for taking the online examination.
Second problem that worries us is that it would be difficult for us to attempt our fourth semester main exam and Diploma in Tibetan exam wherein typing in the language script would not be feasible enough for the student in the limited time period of examination causing extreme chaos and panic while attempting the paper.
Hence we as students stand collectively and request for the suspension of the online conduction of examination. Hope that the helplessness of student stuck under mentioned situations shall be taken into consideration before going on with the decision of the conduction of examination through online mode.
Thank you
Regards,
Tsewang lamo
M.A. 2nd Year (fourth semester)
(Department of Buddhist Studies)
