The National Achievement Survey, conducted in November last year, found that the national average of scores in all subjects evaluated fell from the last iteration of the survey in …
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JNUSU Demands Reopening of Campus, Immediate Hostel Allotment for 2020 Batch
While the university has ordered a phased reopening, the students' union says that hostels should be renovated and vaccination programmers conducted to allow all students to return at the …
‘Digital Apartheid’: Online Education Continues to Widen the Many Gaps of Inequality
It has been more than a year since the pandemic hit and there are still many students who aren't able to keep up with classes because of technical illiteracy, …
How the Camera Has Changed the Dynamics of the Classroom
From concerns about surveillance to the blurring of spaces, it is evident now that the virus has changed more than our physiologies.
An Open Letter to the Minister of Education
We are being deprived of our basic right of education by not being allowed to enter our own universities.
Universities, Exams and the Online Digital Divide: A Short Survey
A survey conducted by an NLU student of her classmates found that out of 50 participants, 63% don't have a stable internet connection and 50% don't have a wifi …
Online Classes Are Amplifying Inequality. What Can We Do?
It is the responsibility of colleges to offer the same inclusivity in online lectures that physical classes do. While it will take time to better this system, we can …
COVID-19 and DU: An Inquisition Into the Proposed Online Examinations
Every crisis creates corrections, adjustments and self-evaluation. It is hoped that the churning of ideas among the stakeholders of the university would usher a new path for the benefit …
‘Unjust and Unfair’: DU Students Reject Online Semester Exams
Internet connectivity is abysmal in most parts, 4G services have been cut in Kashmir, and there aren't enough resources available to all.
College-ing with Corona: Options and Questions Ahead
Emotionally, academically and practically, it makes no sense to keep harping on about exams.