Hyderabad: Students from across the Telangana created a Twitter storm on Saturday demanding that the second-year exams be canceled or that the state take them online. The students were unhappy after the government announced that they had postponed the exams to be held from May 29th.
The government has said that the case will be reviewed in the first week of June due to the ongoing process. COVID-19 pandemic. The online protest action is a response to Omar Jaleel, secretary of the Telangana State Board of Intermediate Education (TSBIE),’s statement that the exams will continue without changing the pattern for the Intermediate Board Exam 2021.
A parallel campaign is also underway at national level, as the CBSE is set to take an examination on 1 June due to the COVID-19 situation. The demands of the National Students Union of India (NSUI), the congressional student body, tweeted the union’s union minister, saying that if the exams were held, it would lead to a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Telangana students panic
Maimoona, an inter 2nd year student at Anwarul uloom junior college, demands that the government of Telangana immediately cancel the second second year exam. Siasat.com “The fact that they have not yet reached a decision clearly shows how irresponsible they are over the lives of all the students.”
Another second-year student, Nabeela from St.Ann’s College, said students should be promoted based on their internal assessment or based on the marks they scored in the first year. ‘Examinations should not even be taken into account if the country COVID-19 condition is at its worst, ”she added.
Source: The Siasat Daily