Visvesvaraya Technological University should conduct the final exam in June and publish the same results in July. However, now students of the engineering colleges affiliated to VTU request to cancel all exams, except for the final year-end semester examinations.
The All India Democratic Students Organisation has written a petition to the Vice Chancellor of Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) asking them to cancel exams based on online classes conducted amid lockdown.
Students complained about the lack of study materials and teacher guidance, which made it difficult for students to understand the exam topics, and also complained about the bad Internet connection.
In addition, according to a survey by AIDSO on 4,000 VTU students, it was found that 77.3% of them did not participate in most classes, while 91.2% of students said that they could not follow the classes which they attended. Another 97.1% of students said that they are not ready to take the exams based on online classes.
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