Assam: Gauhati University issues fresh SOPs for online examinations

The Gauhati University has recently issued new guidelines/ Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for online undergraduate (BA / BSc / B.Com) 6th-semester examinations 2020.

The mentioned guidelines will be effective from the 5^th of October for all the remaining papers of the ongoing examinations.

According to the new SOP released by the University, the Question Paper will be provided online 15 minutes before the commencement of the examinations. 

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Meanwhile, the uploading facility of Answer Scripts will be available after 30 minutes of the commencement of the examination and will remain open till 1 hour after the end of the examination. 

However, if someone fails to upload the answer sheets online, offline submission of Answer Scripts will be allowed up to 2 hours after the end of the examination. 

Students will be allowed to upload up to a maximum of 10 (ten) PDF files containing 1 (one) page in each file (maximum of 10 files) OR a single PDF file containing all 10 pages of the Answer Scripts, whichever is suitable. 

Earlier, Gauhati University conducted online examinations for the first two papers of the final semester on 1st October.  However, many candidates were not able to upload the answer script within the allotted time of half an hour. 

The majority of the outstation students were left without being able to submit scripts offline also. As students complained of the issue, the varsity has now issued fresh guidelines.

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