Presidency University will evaluate students in the end-semester examinations, giving equal weightage to internal assessment held till March 15 and performance in previous semesters.

Classes were held on the campus till March 15, after which the university had to shut down because of the coronavirus outbreak, a university official said.

The decision was taken so that the students do not have to come to the campus or write an online test since not all may have access to the Internet, vice-chancellor Anuradha Lohia said.

If the marks/ grades of previous semesters are not available, the grading could be based on internal assessment alone, a university official said.

All departments both in UG and PG, across the years, have been asked to initiate the process of collecting copies of internal assessment/term papers/reports form the students through mail, Google Sheet, WhatsApp or post.

“We adopted the model keeping in mind the safety and health of the students. We did not go for an online assessment as many of our students come from the districts and suffer from poor connectivity,” Lohia said.

“The departmental assessment committee will finalise the detailed method of assessment and grading in consultation with the controller of examination,” the official said.