DUET 2020: Safety measures followed during examinations states students

Delhi University conducted the entrance examinations - Delhi University Entrance Test for the 2020 Admissions. Students who have appeared for the exams have stated that the exams were conducted as per the guidelines issued.

Sherin Tressa Tomy
Sep 7, 2020, 11:32 IST

DUET 2020 Examinations

Delhi University conducted the entrance examinations - Delhi University Entrance Test for the 2020 Admissions. Students appearing for the examinations have stated that the sanitisation arrangements made at the exam centres were satisfactory while some have steed that the social distancing norms have to be followed more strictly. 

Delhi University Entrance Test is being conducted in 24 cities across the country for the admissions to the 133 courses which also include undergraduate, postgraduate, M.Phil and PhD programmes offered by the university. 

DUET Exam Schedule

The DUET entrance examinations were conducted in three shifts from 8 AM to 10 AM, 12 Noon to 2 PM and 4 PM to 6 PM. One of the students who appeared for the postgraduate programme stated that the staff members have struggled to manage a large number of students at the centre since the students were rushing. 

Problems encountered

Students who appeared for the exams have stated that the social distancing rules were not followed strictly but the place was however sanitised frequently. The students added that the basement was used as a waiting area from where they were sent one by one however there was a huge rush due to which social distancing rules were not followed properly. 

The student further added that the exams were scheduled to commence at 12 but were delayed for 30 minutes and there were no facilities for safekeeping of mobile phones and bags which had to be left outside. This especially affected the students who travelled a long distance for the entrance exams.

Delhi University Entrance Test is conducted for the admissions to the undergraduate, postgraduate, M.Phil and PhD programme offered by the university. The university had earlier on released the guidelines for the examinations to be followed by the students and the examination centres. Students were also provided with the hand sanitizers and masks for the entrance examinations. 

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Sherin Tressa Tomy
Sherin Tressa Tomy

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Sherin completed her Masters degree in Communication from Madras Christian College, Chennai,. She has 5 years of experience in creating digital content and has previously worked as an assistant professor for 1.5 years. She later joined as a content writer at Careers360 working on education news, college, university and careers section. At Jagranjosh.com, she writes for the Education News section also working on the board results and other entrance exams like CUET, NEET, JEE Main.
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