[Exam is conducted before Dashain -TU vice-chancellors ]
Rabindra Dhungel, 26 august 2020. The Tribhuvan universities have stated that the suspended examinations will be conducted before Dashain even through alternative means. The vice-chancellors said that the examination will be conducted using online and other means including traditional ones. He informed that the corona infection is decreasing and the examination will be conducted through other methods including online.
According to the vice-chancellors, homework is being done to conduct the examination by alternative method within September. In a virtual discussion held by the National Youth Council on Monday, the vice-chancellors said that the academic session would be ruined if they could not conduct reading and examinations through alternative means. He emphasized the need to make alternative methods mainstream education.
Vice-Chancellor Dharmakanta Banskota said that the Tribhuvan University, which has the largest number of students, has put forward a plan to conduct examinations from four models. “As the situation has eased since the first week of July, we were told to take the exam in August,” he said. “The situation has deteriorated. The exam had to be postponed.
He said that the examination will be conducted through online, internal assessment, open book and traditional method as per the situation. TU has circulated the circular to the students to come in contact with the campus and the department to advance the educational activities including reading and examination through alternative means.
There are 415,482 students studying in TU . Out of 538,000 students studying in higher education, 77 percent study in TU. Vice-Chancellor Banskota complained that he was uncomfortable in reading and conducting examinations due to the large number of students.
Trivi had been conducting online classes since April. So far, email IDs have been distributed to 145,000 students, 16,000 teachers and staff. Capital development training related to virtual classrooms has been given to 4,500 teachers.
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