Archive · 26 May 2025
Delhi University Students Protest Course Evaluation Changes
Imagine you're taking a class where you have to write a big research paper to be graded.
You've been working on it for weeks!
Suddenly, just before it's due, the teacher says, 'Never mind, you have to take a test instead!'
That's what happened to some students at Delhi University.
They were told their grade would be based on a research paper, but then the department changed it to an exam.
The students are upset because they didn't have time to prepare for the test, especially after other exams.
They want the department to bring back the original plan and explain why they changed their minds.
Delhi University students protested a last-minute change to their Research Methodology course evaluation.
The English department altered the assessment from a research-based project to a 90-mark offline exam.
Students claim the change gave them less than 48 hours to prepare after completing other exams.
University officials offered students the option to choose between June 21 or December for the exam.
Students demand a rollback of the decision and seek clarity on faculty concerns.
- Who
- Third-year undergraduate students in the English department
- What
- Protest against sudden change in the Research Methodology course evaluation method.
- When
- May 2024
- Where
- Delhi University
- Why
- Because the department changed the evaluation method from a research-based project to a 90-mark offline exam just before the deadline.
Students' Stance
Department's Stance
Fairness of Evaluation
Students' Stance
The evaluation change is unfair and procedurally unsound.
Department's Stance
The department has issued a notice offering students two options for the exam date.
- Affected Course
- Undergraduate Research Methodology DSE
- Location
- Delhi University
- Department
- English Department
- Original Evaluation
- Research proposal and paper
- Revised Evaluation
- 90-mark offline exam
- Exam Date Options
- June 21 or December
- Protesting Group
- Students' Federation of India (SFI)