COVID-19: Are online university exams possible?

Oct 27, 2020

Is it realistic? Is it possible to prevent cheating of examinations by invigilating students virtually?

All universities and schools were closed in March and seven months later, they have been re-opened for candidates and finalists. 

The Government has allowed universities to offer online lectures and 50% of the 51 universities, according to the National Council for Higher Education, have made the switch.

Unlike schools where a few of them are offering online lessons as their own initiative, the universities are expected by Government, to lecture and assess students online during the COVID-19 era.

This technology-driven students' lecturing, during the lockdown, might work for most universities in Uganda.

But how can it support online examinations?

Is it realistic? Is it possible to prevent cheating of examinations by invigilating students virtually? See details in Mwalimu on Wednesday. 

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