UoH, Manuu students join nationwide protest against UGC guidelines
The UGC guidelines effectively extended the period for conducting final year/semester cohort exams (online, offline or combined mode) until September end.
UGCHYDERABAD: Students of University of Hyderabad (UoH) and the Maulana Azad National Urdu University (Manuu) have joined the nationwide fight against University Grants Commission’s (UGC) recent guidelines on university exams by participating in the online protests.
The UGC guidelines effectively extended the period for conducting final year/semester cohort exams (online, offline or combined mode) until September end. It further allows students, who miss the September exam, to appear for a special examination “as and when feasible”.
The central university students from Hyderabad have termed the UGC guidelines as ‘anti-student’. As part of a larger nationwide protest, the UoH and Manuu students have decided to participate in a Twitter storm, mass mailing to the ministry of human resource development, signature campaign etc. over the next three days.
“Students should be promoted based on their past performance. Only those who are keen to improve their marks should be given an option to appear for the exams. Already students are under mental agony due to this pandemic. By setting a deadline for the exams, the UGC is only making matters worse,” said Abhishek Nandan, president, UoH students union.
The Students Federation India’s Telangana unit wrote an open letter to the MHRD minister Ramesh Pokhriyal on Saturday raising its concerns over the UGC guidelines.
“The proposal of an online or mixed method of examination stands discriminatory and exclusive in nature. It provides an undoubted leverage to the students who have infrastructure and facilities to take part in an online mode of assessment. The worst affected section of the society in the pandemic is the marginalised and vulnerable population,” said RL Murthy, president, SFI (Telangana unit).
Members of the Association for Strengthening of Private Initiative in Rural Education (ASPIRE) also wrote a letter to the Osmania University registrar Ch Gopal Reddy seeking an alternative evaluation method for students.
“Arrive at a cumulative grade point average for graduating students based on performance in the previous five semesters, as also the internal marks already awarded in the final semester. Validate the said CGPA by conducting a comprehensive graduate eligibility test for just 200 marks in a single sitting,” said B Lakshma Reddy, president, ASPIRE.
The UGC guidelines effectively extended the period for conducting final year/semester cohort exams (online, offline or combined mode) until September end. It further allows students, who miss the September exam, to appear for a special examination “as and when feasible”.
The central university students from Hyderabad have termed the UGC guidelines as ‘anti-student’. As part of a larger nationwide protest, the UoH and Manuu students have decided to participate in a Twitter storm, mass mailing to the ministry of human resource development, signature campaign etc. over the next three days.
“Students should be promoted based on their past performance. Only those who are keen to improve their marks should be given an option to appear for the exams. Already students are under mental agony due to this pandemic. By setting a deadline for the exams, the UGC is only making matters worse,” said Abhishek Nandan, president, UoH students union.
The Students Federation India’s Telangana unit wrote an open letter to the MHRD minister Ramesh Pokhriyal on Saturday raising its concerns over the UGC guidelines.
“The proposal of an online or mixed method of examination stands discriminatory and exclusive in nature. It provides an undoubted leverage to the students who have infrastructure and facilities to take part in an online mode of assessment. The worst affected section of the society in the pandemic is the marginalised and vulnerable population,” said RL Murthy, president, SFI (Telangana unit).
Members of the Association for Strengthening of Private Initiative in Rural Education (ASPIRE) also wrote a letter to the Osmania University registrar Ch Gopal Reddy seeking an alternative evaluation method for students.
“Arrive at a cumulative grade point average for graduating students based on performance in the previous five semesters, as also the internal marks already awarded in the final semester. Validate the said CGPA by conducting a comprehensive graduate eligibility test for just 200 marks in a single sitting,” said B Lakshma Reddy, president, ASPIRE.
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