Only few classes held on the first day at MSU

Vadodara/Rajkot: The M S University (MSU) was unable to hold classes for most of its programmes on the first day of colleges in the state being allowed to reopen. The university is yet to receive consent forms from students.
MSU officials said that they had received the new directives and the new consent form format on Wednesday. These were sent to students on email and messaging applications. Most students are yet to submit these forms to the university.
Officials said that once the students submit the forms, the university can decide on the schedule of classes. Depending on the number of students that want to come for offline classes, shifts or days have to be fixed to ensure that they study maintaining social distance. The offline classes also cannot clash with the timing of online classes.
Registrar K M Chudasama said that clarity will emerge on this in the coming days. Based on this, the deans of various faculties will take a call on holding classes. He added that some classes were held on Thursday, but these were mostly of masters programmes.
In Rajkot, despite the nod from the state government, colleges did not begin education on Thursday due to ongoing exam for undergraduate and postgraduate courses at Saurashtra University. The offline classes will now start next month. Also, several private colleges have decided to start college from Monday. The colleges are also getting the details of how many students have been vaccinated.