Four hours of waiting, over 1 lakh students in limbo, two outcomes: Why DU’s exam delay hit them differently

For thousands of Delhi University (DU) students, December 13 did not begin with an exam — it began with waiting. Semester examinations across more than 35 subjects were thrown into chaos after question papers failed to reach several centres on time, leaving students in limbo for up to four hours, suggests a TNN report. Some exams that were scheduled to begin at 9.30 am only started close to noon while others were cancelled altogether. The disruption was not minor. Up to 10 papers had to be cancelled, affecting over 100 students, while several other examinations were conducted later in the day “with considerable difficulty,” officials told TNN. The worst delays were reported in science and computer science courses, where two key papers — Digital Image Processing and Compiler Design — wer