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Three days after it opened to a host of glitches, Delhi University’s mock test continued to evoke anxiety and frustration among final-year students, many of whom complained of the same hurdles that were witnessed on the first day.
Taking to Twitter, several users attached screenshots of the varsity’s malfunctioning portal, while pointing out that they were unable to submit their answer sheets.
Tagging Union Human Resource Minister Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal in her tweet, Sandy Wankhade asked “what will happen in real OBE ?” when the mock tests themselves had been riddled with problems.
Attaching a picture of DU’s crashing mock test portal, Rahul Kumar suggested that the university was toying with the future of students.
Probably borrowing words for his tweet from the Delhi University Teachers Association, one Ghanshyam Arora asked DU if it was “a mock test or a test of mockery?”
On 4 July, when Delhi University began conducting mock tests for final year students, several students had told The Quint that they had received irrelevant question papers from previous semesters and at times, from a different subject altogether. They also said that the portal was crashing and that many students were not able to log-in.
However, back then, Prof Vinay Gupta, Dean of Examinations at DU, had said that the mock test was only meant to familiarise students with the process of downloading question papers and uploading answer sheets.
Dean Gupta also said that OBEs for final-year students would be conducted from 10 July and the same should be treated “as final and not as tentative”.
The varsity’s reaction prompted many to ask if “it is a mock test or a test of mockery?” Left disappointed by the varsity, many found meaning in memes.
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