Students at NSUT demand online exams

New Delhi: First-year BTech students of Netaji Subhas University of Technology (

NSUT

) on Friday protested against their offline exams, which are scheduled to be held from March 22 to March 26. When

Covid cases

are on the rise, it will not be safe for the candidates to travel large distances, they said.

A student said that about 50 people took part in the protest held near the campus. “We are unsure of our safety and hence, want that exams/vivas should be held online,” said another student.

The

NSUT administration

, however, said that online exams were not feasible now and all safety measures were in place for the offline exams. “It is necessary that since we have safety measures in place, we conduct physical exams. Tomorrow, UGC or AICTE may not approve degrees or student promotion based on online exam. Hence, we have decided to conduct offline exams,” said NSUT PRO Vijayant Agarwal.