IIT Delhi Drops One Set of Mid Semester Exam; Check Details Here

New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT-D) has reformed its evaluation system and has dropped one set of Mid Semester Exams to reduce students' stress. The announcement was made by IITD director Rangan Banerjee.

The decision was taken by IIT Delhi to reduce the stress on the students. The several cases of student suicides across IITs which has sparked a debate about whether the curriculum and the rigorous study schedule are impacting the mental health of students.

The institute said in a statement, “IIT Delhi used to have a two-minor plus one-major examination evaluation system. Based on feedback from all students and faculty, the Senate has approved a one-minor and one-major examination evaluation system along with several continuous mechanisms from the ongoing semester onward. A maximum cap of 80% weightage has been kept for the two examinations.”

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According to the statement made by Banerjee, "Earlier we used to have two sets of exams during a semester, final exams at the end of each semester and several continuous evaluation mechanisms. We conducted an internal survey and based on feedback from all students and faculty, we have decided to drop one set of exams. So, now there will be two sets of exams besides routine evaluations".

"We felt that the exam calendar was too packed and hence decided to reduce student burden and stress. The decision has also been approved by the Senate and will be implemented from the ongoing semester. A maximum cap of 80 per cent weightage has been kept for the two examinations," he added.

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The institute is also facilitating faculty-student interactions via academic-domain-independent and academic-domain-dependent faculty mentorships.

Talking about student suicides Banerjee said, "Students in IITs come through an extremely competitive process, they have come into a classroom where there are so many people who are very intelligent...We have to be able to tell people how to cope with failure...this is something we are focusing on.

"We have expanded our counselling set up, we have students as well as professional counsellors in our hostels. We want to track students whose performance is deteriorating so they can be mentored accordingly," he said.

Banerjee said, "Any suicide is tragic and it's heartbreaking for everyone. We have to create an enabling ecosystem so that whenever a student is facing any difficulty emotionally or mentally, he or she should be able to approach someone and get the right counselling and mentorship at that stage".

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