Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Aug 1: Students pursuing B.Ed from the Distance Education Department of the University of Kashmir today staged a protest alleging that they have not been provided with the necessary study material while they are being compelled to sit in the examination.
Scores of students appeared in the Press Enclave Srinagar and were raising slogans against the authorities for issuing the date sheet without providing them with the time to prepare for the same.
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“Our admission process was started in 2020 and the formalities were carried out in 2021; then the contact classes were conducted for 20 days online and then our internal assessment was also done online. Now they have issued a date sheet for our exam from August 10 and there is no gap between the papers that have been scheduled,” said Iqra, one of the candidates.
“We have been asking the authorities to provide us with the study material but nothing has been done in this regard,” she said.
They said that they are doing the degree through distance mode and that the University authorities are bound to provide them with the study material. “Instead of providing us with the material, they are telling us to arrange the material on our own,” they said.
The candidates said that a revised date sheet has also been issued by the authorities but there is a gap of just one day and how is it possible to complete this much syllabus in a short period.
The students have appealed for the postponement of the exam. If not that then, they said that there has to be a considerable gap between the papers.
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