Write a paragraph on 'Exams during Covid-19' in about 80-100 words.
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It’s been almost four months since India’s national lockdown sent student lives into limbo. At universities across India, students are battling varying guidelines, changing exam dates and the whims of authorities as they prepare for their final year exams. All at a time when colleges have struggled to conduct classes online, share study material and, well, teach.
Delhi, the High Court is hearing a petition against Delhi University’s decision to hold its final semester exams online. The exams, due to begin on August 10, have been postponed at least twice.
In Maharashtra, medical students are threatening to go on strike if their exams are not cancelled. The students say their final exams are being held at institutions that are active covid centres.
In Kerala, the state government is facing enormous backlash for holding the Kerala Engineering Architecture Medical entrance exam last week. At least five students who wrote the exam subsequently tested positive for COVID-19. The Kerala police registered a case against about 600 parents of students for flouting social distancing norms.