Have make-up exams immediately: NSUI

Mangaluru: NSUI Karnataka, the student organisation affiliated with the Indian National Congress, has called for the elimination of the one-year waiting period for students with backlogs in their final semester examinations. They emphasised that these candidates should be provided with an early opportunity to take backlog examinations immediately, following the declaration of results.
Anvith Kateel, who serves as the state secretary of the organisation, spoke to reporters about the Vidyarthi Nyaya Yatra on Wednesday. This initiative represents a comprehensive statewide effort to identify and comprehend the various academic and non-academic difficulties encountered by students. The programme has already covered nine districts across the state, and is now set to commence its activities in Dakshina Kannada (DK). It focuses on engineering, graduate college, medical education, agriculture and other education.
He said that there are many demands put forth with the state govt, and one of the major ones is the conduct of early exams for those who have a backlog in the last semester. "Those candidates have to wait for a year. As a result of this long wait, a lot of them quit the course itself, without completing their graduation or postgraduation. This practice is impractical, and we are demanding the state govt come up with a plan that helps candidates. One of them is to conduct make-up or supplementary examinations at the earliest opportunity, so that these candidates can pursue higher education or look for jobs. One year wait is too long," he said. The yatra started on March 17, and has entered DK. "We have received a good response so far," he said.
The other demands are career guidance for candidates to take a suitable career or course, improvement of the facilities at all govt-run hostels, control of the drug menace among youngsters, and menstrual leave policy implementation in the state. There is also a demand for a curb on all fake job consultancies across the state. "We will list out and submit to govt about them," he said.
The yatra also wants to highlight students falling prey to gambling and loan apps. The paper leak issues are also leading to major inconveniences for candidates who have studied hard. "Because of govt employees, students are at the receiving end due to paper leaks. We want to put a full stop to it," said Kateel.
Other demands are student elections across the state, stress on women student safety inside and outside the campus, and a curb on ragging.