Pune University Final Year Examination Day 1 Held Smoothly, Except Mathematics Paper
Pune, October 12, 2020: The final year examination for students of Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) has started today. The university is conducting the examination through online and offline mode. Overall the conduct of examination was carried out glitch-free, except for one paper which will be held once again on October 17.
A total of 17,118 students out of 29,236 students took the online exam and 1,811 students out of 4,881 students sat for the offline mode on Monday. The online examination was held in two sessions– morning and afternoon. Around 80 percent of students had appeared for the morning session of the online exam. 5,773 out of over 8,000 who had registered for the online exam took the exam in the morning slot.
Although the online mode of examination was held smoothly, in the afternoon session Mathematics students’ complained of a technical error in the question paper. “The problem was only in the mathematics paper of the afternoon session. Students complained that they could only see the options for answers and no question was visible. It could be a technical error. The question papers are in the format of an image, so there may have been a problem. We will re-conduct the exam on October 17,” said SPPU registrar Prafulla Pawar. Less than 1,000 students had appeared for the afternoon session Mathematics paper. The morning session of the same paper was held smoothly, he informed.
The offline examination which was held simultaneously and was carried out smoothly at the respective examination centres, informed the department of examination and evaluation, director Mahesh Kakade.
“Students’ health and safety is our primary concern and will be given utmost attention. Therefore, all the arrangements have been made accordingly, to ensure their safety,” said Kakade.
He also added, “Students should not panic if there is any interruption in offline or online exams. The university will make every effort to conduct the examination on the same day. However, there may be some technical difficulties before the exam, so students should keep patience.”
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