KOLKATA: The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS) has decided not to re-open in a hurry and told hold its semester exams online. The decision has been communicated to all students.
A few meetings were held by the vice-chancellor with the faculty members this week before the final decision was taken. The meetings were prodded by the resolution taken by the Consortium of National Law Universities on February 22 that a blanket decision for re-opening cannot be taken for law schools and each has to take its own decision. The executive committee meeting of the NUJS was held on Saturday to finalize future academic plans.
The faculty members have informed NUJS VC Nirmal Kanti Chakraborty that the syllabus for the first semester has been completed in the online mode and revisions were on for a smooth transition to the online mode of examinations that start for all the five academic years on March 27. The online examinations will go on for a month. On-campus classes might resume in May for the fresh semester.
“We will avoid re-opening now because we have shared toilets, shared accommodation and shared mess arrangements for food. The chances of infection is high. Moreover, many of our faculty also have co-morbidity. Since the teaching-learning is progressing smoothly in the online mode, we have decided against re-opening now,” said VC Chakraborty.