Central University of Kashmir (CUK) Vice Chancellor, Prof Mehrajuddin Mir Tuesday said that the university would organise motivational lectures and week-long online extracurricular activities including online quiz and debate competitions for the students to de-stress them.
“COVID-19 pandemic has caused a lot of anxiety and stress among the students who have been confined to their homes and in order to de-stress them, the university will organise a series of lectures on mental health wherein the experts will provide ways and means to counter the stress,” a statement of CUK quoted Prof Mir as saying while interacting with the faculty members during a series of meetings, organised after May 3, 2020, to take stock of the ongoing teaching-learning process, through the online mode.
He expressed satisfaction over the teaching-learning methods adopted by the faculty members and said that the varsity would make every possible effort to complete the syllabi of the students. Prof Mir asked the faculty members to remain in constant touch with the students and asked them to act as their mentors.
Prof Mir earlier held a series of online meetings with the Class Representatives (CRs) of various departments and listened to the queries and concerns flagged by them
Registrar, Prof M Afzal Zargar said that the university was committed to provide quality education under all circumstances including in the online mode.
He asked the students to provide feedback regarding the online teaching-learning process to the Directorate of Internal Quality Assurance (DIQA) so that deficiencies would be redressed immediately.
Director DIQA Prof Wali Muhammad Shah asked the faculty members to utilize the services of the ITSS to provide uninterrupted online teaching to the students.