Online exams are not “unreasonable” or “against the interest of students” amid COVID-19 pandemic : Karnataka HC
Online exams are not “unreasonable” or “against the interest of students” amid COVID-19 pandemic : Karnataka HC
The Karnataka High Court has watched that conducting online exams input of standard exams cannot be said to be “preposterous” or “against the intrigued of understudies” in the midst of the continuous COVID-19 pandemic. The choice was passed by the Seat of Judges BV Nagarathna and Ravi V Hosmani in a supplication challenging the conduct of online semester exams by College of Agrarian Sciences, from September 2 to 18.
Senior Advocate Teacher Ravivarma Kumar, showing up for the applicants, firstly fought that the complete mode and strategy of examination has been changed from what is found within the examination regulations. Kumar contended that this would be a prevention as numerous understudies salute from inaccessible and rural areas. They may not have the mechanical colleague to seem in online examinations, said Kumar.
Concern was too raised on the instability of power supply in provincial zones. Hence, in the event that there’s non-supply of power, at that point a specific understudy would not be able to seem for online examinations, Kumar contended. Countering these entries, Advocate R Srinivasa Gowda, showing up for the respondent College, firstly said that Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) had allowed both online and offline modes of examination. Gowda too pointed out that that students are reasonably recognizable with innovation, which safeguards have been given for understudies who fall flat to seem within the examinations owing to restorative reasons. He encourages submitted that as a one-time degree, on account of the COVID-19 widespread, the College may allow the understudies to be advanced to another semester indeed in case they have not scored well.
After hearing the equal contentions, the Court essentially noted the nature of the current widespread. The Seat watched that the chance of assemblage would emerge on the off chance that physical exams are allowed. Numerous a time, the understudies fall flat to watch the security measures put in put, the Court observed.
By Aditi Das
