VARANASI: The career of more than 100
students of B Tech third IIIrd and IVth
years of Indian Institute of Technology
(IIT), Banaras Hindu University (BHU) is at
stake as an ordinance which was passed in
November 2012 but not circulated prevents
them from appearing in the back paper
exams in the following semester
examination, thereby delaying their degree
by one to two years.
Upset over the decision, around 150
students of different departments of IIT-
BHU staged a sit-in stir at the director's
office in the institute's premises on
Saturday.
As per the new ordinance, it does not
permit the students to appear for the back
paper along with the current semester
examination. Instead, the students have to
appear for the backlog next year. The
students have alleged that the new
ordinance passed by the IIT-BHU in
November 2012 was not circulated to them
and that it will delay their degree by a
couple of years thereby affecting their
careers.
According to them, the new ordinance was
passed after the conversion of Institute of
Technology (IT-BHU) into IIT-BHU. On the
other hand, the third and fourth year
students were admitted in the institute
prior to this.
Notably, students who are in the final year
of the course with at least one back paper
are the worst hit as they will not be able to
sit for the job placement sessions which is
likely to get started from year end.
According to the students, the new
ordinance also forces them to appear for
only two supplementary papers at a time,
thereby students who have three to four
supplementary papers cannot complete
their course in the current or next
academic session.
Students have also alleged that when they
became aware of the new rule recently,
they wrote to authorities asking them to
roll back the decision for this semester on
the grounds that the students were
admitted prior to conversion of IT BHU into
IIT. However, there was no proper
communication from the authorities' side.
The students have demanded that they
should be allowed to appear for the back
paper in the forthcoming semester
examination which will get started from
November 22 onwards.
Despite several efforts, director, IIT-BHU,
Dr Rajeev Sanghal could not be contacted
to give a comment on the matter. It is not
the first time that IIT-BHU students have
protested against the new ordinance due to
lack of information. Prior to this, in April,
students of MTech, protested against a new
rule that directs the students to leave the
course midway for securing less than six
CGPA (cumulative grade point average) in
the first semester examination. During that
time also students alleged that the
authorities did not made them aware of the
new rule.
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