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New Delhi: Delhi University students arrived at examination centers across the capital on Saturday for their subject-specific exams, but had to wait for hours as delays in the delivery of question papers hampered the commencement of exams at many centres.
DU professors said at least 35 question papers were “missing” or “delayed”.
Abha Dev Habib, associate professor of physics at Miranda House, said students waited for more than two hours and many were ready to leave without taking the exam.
“Mathematics and Physics students were the most affected as their question papers arrived late at many centres,” he said, adding that the infrastructure in DU colleges has not been increased in proportion to the increase in the number of students.
A college principal at South Campus, on the condition of anonymity, said that examinations of 30-70 discipline-specific courses for Semester-7 were scheduled at various centers as per the date sheet, but many question papers did not reach the centers even after three hours.
The principal said, “It was complete chaos. The number of examinations has increased and the examination work has increased manifold due to the increase in the number of papers per semester due to the four-year undergraduate program driven by the National Education Policy. This has led to a complete breakdown in the conduct of examinations.”
“Around 800 papers were scheduled for today’s morning session. Due to some logistical issues, some papers could not be sent and they could not be conducted at some examination centres,” DU’s controller of examinations said in a statement.
“It is hereby informed that the said logistics problem was subsequently rectified, and thereafter the question papers were sent successfully. However, students of Honors course, who have to appear in three optional subjects, were given four slots, and they can appear in the subsequent three slots.
“For program courses, the revised schedule/date for the affected paper will be notified separately in due course and will be conducted by the second week of January, 2026,” the statement said.
“Students are advised to regularly visit the official website of the university for further updates. The inconvenience caused is deeply regretted,” the DU administration said.
Under the National Education Policy Framework, DSE means discipline-specific electives, which are advanced, specialized elective courses offered within a student’s core discipline to allow deeper and more focused study in a later semester, usually in the third or fourth year.
They vary from core subjects, known as discipline-specific core courses, and to interdisciplinary options offered as general electives.
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