Alternative assessments

TU must understand that conducting sit-in exams is not the best option now.

These are unprecedented times for the education sector, but the decision by Tribhuvan University to conduct sit-in exams instead of proven alternative assessments amid the threat of the Covid-19 Delta variant just shows how archaic the institution has become. A second year into the pandemic, Nepal is only emerging out of a deadly second wave that crashed the health system and brought the country to a standstill for almost two months. The threat of a third wave looms large in Nepal, which is struggling to secure vaccine doses. Be it opening our schools, offices and factories or congregating thousands of students for sit-in exams, every decision we make today needs to be mindful of the implications on the health and wellbeing of the citizens. Now is not the time to be complacent.