Students had approached the authorities as they were facing difficulties in finding accommodation out of campus. Tribune file

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, December 29

Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) has decided to increase the number of seats in the hostels for students in the wake of offline examinations. The varsity has been conducting offline examinations, but students, who live outside Amritsar, were facing problems due to the limited hostel allotment guidelines issued by the university due to Covid-19.

Students had approached the authorities as they were facing difficulties in finding accommodation out of campus. “We received their request to consider possible solution to the accommodation problem for outstation students, especially girls. So, we have increased the number of seats to be allotted for hostel accommodation inside the campus. Seats in girls’ hostels have been increased by 200 and at boys’ hostel by 100. We will be looking to accommodate students safely, keeping in mind the one room per student rule,” said KS Kahlon, GNDU Registrar.

The university has also set up examination centres at regional campuses in Jalandhar and Gurdaspur for students hailing from these areas.

“Given the extreme cold weather conditions and looking at students’ convenience, we have asked them to sit for exams at these regional centres. Those students who got hostel accommodation in Amritsar will have to sit for examination at the GNDU main campus and students near Gurdaspur and Jalandhar, who couldn’t get a hostel accommodation, will have a choice either to choose their centre in Jalandhar or Gurdaspur campus or the main campus,” he said.

The university has also made arrangement for hostel accommodation facility for students in Jalandhar and Gurdaspur centres with 30 seats each for boys and girls at Gurdaspur campus and 50 seats each at Jalandhar campus.

Hostel accommodation criteria will be the same for both campus i.e. students who live far from Jalandhar and Gurdaspur will be preferred.