DU Open Book Exam 2020: Confusion persists as Internet Problem and Glitches Continue on Day 3, Get Complete Details Here

DU Open Book Exam 2020: Confusion persisted among students on Day 2 of the Delhi University’s Open Book Exam 2020, which is being held online amid the on-going COVID-19 pandemic. Since the exam start on Monday i.e. 10^th August – students have complained about facing a lot of technical problems and glitches during the examination, which make the process of appearing for the unique format examination a tough ask for many. Even after first two days of exams which were marred with technical problems, students complained the same on Day 3 i.e. Wednesday as well. Among the major concerns shared by the students was the university’s exam portal server being crashed which made getting the question papers and uploading of answer sheets a major hassle for most of them.

68000 Students Appeared by 12^th August

According to tentative estimates shared by the varsity, a total of 67000 students have appeared for the Delhi University Semester Exam 2020 which is being held in open book format. On Day 2, around 32,000 students had appeared for the exam and most of them had complained about facing technical problems while downloading of the question papers of uploading of scanned copy of their answer sheets on the portal. Many attributed the technical problems to large number of students accessing the website at the same time; On Wednesday i.e. Day 3 only 300 students were to appear for the exam and still those problems persisted.

Confusion over Confirmation Email for Answer Sheet Uploads

One of the most common problems faced by students during the DU OBE 2020 Exam was with regards to the uploading of answer sheets. As per the directions passed by Delhi High Court to the varsity, the Delhi University is expected to send a confirmation email to all the students upon successful receipt of the answer sheet. However, on the exam day, only some students received a confirmation email from the university, some did not. This caused major confusion among students who were worried and stressed about their submission.

Many students have also reported receiving an email from DU’s OBE portal which read “It appears your submission could not be completed. Your one or more responses have been auto-submitted.” This left students perplexed, who then started reaching out to the nodal officers in each college.