Cancel exams, mark us on basis of assignments: AMU students to VC

AMU has scheduled the end-semester examinations to be conducted from May 20, 2021, for most courses, and from May 17 for some faculties and departments.

Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) students have written an open letter to the University’s Vice-Chancellor, Tariq Mansoor demanding the cancellation of the end-semester examination amid the ongoing pandemic situation and devastatingly rising cases of the novel coronavirus. The students have also urged the VC to prepare results on the basis of internal evaluations and assignments. According to the reports, the open letter sent by the AMU students talks about the numerous losses the University faced due to the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the past ten days. More than 24 serving and retired faculty members lost their lives and numerous other faculty members and students, and their family members are suffering from the disease.

The letter also highlights that many students are suffering from COVID-19 and there are instances where the student is the lone attendant of multiple family members admitted in hospital. “In other cases, students have just lost their dear ones to the pandemic and are in a condition of shock and grief,” the letter reads.

AMU has scheduled the end-semester examinations to be conducted from May 20, 2021, for most courses, and from May 17 for some faculties and departments. The letter further reads, “In midst of this unprecedented crisis, the students of the university are being made to submit numerous assignments, and appear in tests and viva. This is exacerbating the physical and mental burden on the students, negatively affecting their physical and mental health.”

Meanwhile, students have also asked the varsity VC to reduce the number of assignments and extend the submission deadline of assignments, tests that have already been assigned. The students also urged to “cancel the end-semester examination and award the marks allotted to it on the basis of internal evaluations and assignments already taken”.

“In case fulfilling these requests are beyond your jurisdiction, we request you to coordinate with the relevant bodies like the UGC and Central Government to fulfil these requests, as that is not only your administrative duty but also your moral responsibility,” the letter said.

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