Summary:
Earlier in the day, the newly-elected JNU Students’ Union (JNUSU) had termed the change in mode of entrance exam from descriptive to an online objective type a “scam” and as one “unilaterally imposed by the Vice Chancellor”. New Delhi: Facing backlash from its students’ union, the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Monday came in defence of its decision to conduct entrance exams online, calling it “most efficient” and rubbishing students’ resentment as “unsubstantiated”. A 12-member committee was formed in March this year to deliberate on the change in the mode of exam. It termed the online mode as the “most efficient process of objective evaluation”, citing its adoption at institutions like the Delhi University, Pondicherry University, AIIMS and the IITs. “The JNU administration deplores the baseless allegations levelled against the proposed computer-based test by the newly-elected JNUSU..