Universities cancel in-person examinations

Nanyang Technological University will be cancelling all undergraduate on-campus exams, quizzes and tests scheduled between 6 April and 8 May following the COVID-19 developments in Singapore, writes Ang Hwee Min for Channel News Asia.

All other forms of assessments that do not require students to be physically present on campus, such as projects, reports, essays, presentations and assignments will continue, and can only be submitted online, said the university in a memo to students and faculty on Friday 3 April. For courses where in-person continual assessments and exams are cancelled, course grades will be computed based on each student’s existing continual assessment scores, said the memo signed by Ling San, deputy president and provost, and Tan Aik Na, senior vice president (administration).

The memo was sent after Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced that all schools and institutions of higher learning would implement full home-based learning, as part of tighter social distancing measures to curb the spread of COVID-19.
Full report on the CNA site