St. FX cancels in-person exams amid growing COVID-19 outbreak
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As COVID-19 cases spike at the Nova Scotia post-secondary school, St. Francis Xavier faculty have been asked to switch to online or take-home exams or to defer them until January.
St. Francis Xavier University has cancelled in-person exams in response to a growing COVID-19 outbreak.
As of Friday, there were 114 cases associated with the outbreak, which stemmed from graduation events at the Antigonish, N.S., school.
On Friday, the province said due to the outbreak, all close contacts, including those who are fully vaccinated, need to isolate until they have a negative result from a lab-based (PCR) test. The lab test should be performed at least 72 hours after the exposure.
Previously, people didn’t need to isolate if they were fully vaccinated.
In a statement Dec. 10, St. FX academic vice-president and provost Timothy Hynes said this policy change “significantly affects our ability to deliver in-person exams.”
“For clarity, Public Health reiterated that in-person exams are safe; however, this new province-wide change will almost assuredly increase the number of students required to isolate and test, affecting their ability to attend an in-person exam,” said Hynes in his statement. “Staff and faculty are likely to be impacted as well.”
It said the university decided to discontinue in-person exams during the December exam period effective Saturday. Faculty members are asked to change to an alternative delivery format such as online or take-home exams.
“For those courses where such a change is impractical, faculty members will need to defer the in-person exam until January,” the statement said.
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