In the coming week, around five students will file RTI applications in SRCC, Miranda House, Hindu College, Hansraj College, Kirori Mal College and St Stephen’s College to enquire whether these colleges check the implementation of internal assessment or not.

This move comes after Erut Narain, a student of Delhi University, filed an RTI application in February concerning the implementation of internal assessment. On Wednesday, he received a reply containing a two-page photocopy of the ordinance related to internal assessment. “It is clear from the reply that there are no standard procedures for making sure the ordinance is followed at the university level. We will now check with individual colleges to find out what they do to maintain this rule,” he said.

According to DU ordinances, five marks are allotted for written assignments.

Ratan Lal, a history teacher in Hindu College, said that at present, internal assessment is at the mercy of individual teachers and blames the university for it. “While coming up with new ideas the university does not take into consideration implementation. There is no monitoring committee to check violations, so obviously teachers will take tests,” he said.

According to a student of Kirori Mal College, with the exam season starting in April, teachers are in a hurry to meet deadlines for submitting internal assessment marks. So they are increasingly taking tests in lieu of written assignments. While earlier she used to give one test a month, in the last three weeks she has already appeared for six tests for different subjects.