AKTU students write letter to UP government, demand online exams

The letter written by the AKTU students to the government expresses concerns over the COVID-19 spread during exams. 

AKTU Exams 2021: Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU) Lucknow students raised objections against the forthcoming offline examinations and urged the authorities to consider online mode. According to a poll conducted recently, more than 95.6 per cent of students said they want to take online exams. In just three hours, over 10,000 students responded and a majority voted in favour of the online mode. Raising concerns against the offline examination, the letter written by the AKTU students to the government reads, "The exams are being conducted in offline mode, and that too at exam centres. According to AKTU tentative center list, we'll find that there will be more than 500 students traveling daily from their places to exam centers, which is risky for the students."

The students asked, “Throughout the year, the authorities were adherent to the online mode of teaching because they understood the risk of the situation. Now, all of a sudden, why has every risk been made into thin air? Is COVID over." Students are not demanding cancellation of the exams but are united against offline exams, it said, adding that their "genuine" and "reasonable" plea should be considered and the university should make way for online mode examinations.

"The whole semester in session 2020-21 we have been taught online due to COVID. In AKTU colleges, more than 80% of students are hostellers and live in different cities than the city in which their college is located. The entire semester we have been preparing for taking online MCQ exams. We don't have our books at home since they are issued from the college," a student said. "AKTU is forcing us to come to colleges and take 3-hour long offline exams. Colleges are forcing us to sign a consent letter that college authorities won't be responsible if any of us get infected and we the students will be held accountable for that," he added.

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