Vice Chancellor of Nilamber Pitamber University (NPU) reached three constituent colleges in Daltonganj on the day today March 17 when the State Government has asked all shut down till April 14 asking students not to sit arms rubbing each other or noses breathing out simultaneously.
VC SN Singh first visited YSN Mahila college and said, “There were many groups of girls who had their heads too close to each other. I asked them to have some distance for them.”
JS college was his next stop over and here again VC said “ There were tight rows of students submitting their examination forms for final year degree courses examinations and their close proximity to each other was most undesirable at this time of coronavirus fear.”
GLA College was his third stop where things were more in mess. VC said “ I found more than a dozen students there with examination forms in their hands complaining that Hindi department teacher has refused to verify their filled up forms.”
VC said, “This Hindi department here has a constant problem of one or two of its teachers absent on any working day.” Students health approach at all these 3 colleges was a big miss and mess.
On being asked as to for what he rushed to 3 colleges here VC said, “It was to see if students huddle together or sit some separately but my experiences were mixed and worrisome.”
The State Government has shut down colleges but has allowed examination and evaluation to be carried out.
However with NPU the problem is different said VC as here examination dates falling on/ from April 16 have already been notified but for these examinations form filling, fee submission is on but with this closure order this pre examination activity too faces hiccups.
VC said this NPU is to prepare on war footing for that examination which is slated for April 16 and if pre works are not done then in that event NPU can not catch up with its own April 16 date.
VC said “ We understand that these pre examination works be completed in the larger interest of the students and their academic session for which I need the support of teachers, non teaching staff, students and their guardians.”