The continuation of semester system of exams at college level has taken a toll on the academic career of the students as the three year graduation course has been extended to four years.
The outgoing college (5th and 6th semester) students joinedthe course in 2016 and are yet to complete the course despite the passage offour years. The students are likely to join their post-graduation courses in2020.
“As of now we should have joined the post-graduation coursesin the Kashmir University or outside state university but the delay in completionof course has cost us one academic year,” said Sanna, a 6th semester collegestudent.
Earlier, the varsity administration decided to hold twoadmission sessions this year wherein previous year’s dropouts and freshstudents were supposed to be accommodated in the varsity in two separatebatches.
In April, the varsity held the PG entrance test for theprevious year’s dropout students who will join the classes from coming weeks.However the classes of another batch of fresh students are likely to getdelayed to 2020.
“The admission session for the students who didn’t qualifythe entrance in previous years has completed and the final selection list forall courses will be issued within days,” a top official in KU said.
However the outgoing 5th and 6th semester students accusedthe varsity of being hell bent to waste their one academic year by deferringnew academic session to 2020.
“We had requested the varsity authorities to provide usprovisional admission in PG courses so that our one year won’t get waste butthe admission authorities declined,” said a group of outgoing college students.
The students blamed the varsity for stretching their threeyear course to four years due to its failure to conduct the exams on time.
“If the varsity was not able to streamline the semestersystem of exams, it should have reverted to previous annual exams system, afterholding proper deliberations with the UGC. They have put the students at thereceiving end,” the students said.
Earlier, Greater Kashmir had reported that KU will have twoadmission sessions in a year in order to stabilise the academic session andaccommodate more students in postgraduate courses.
After completing the first session in March, which has beennow extended to June, the KU had decided to hold combine exams of 5th and 6thsemester students in August to enable the students to appear in another PGentrance slated for September–October month.
“But the irony is that the varsity is yet to complete firstadmission session till June. The process was supposed to get completed inApril,” a KU official said who is privy to the developments.
Under the present circumstances, the KU is unlikely to startthe classes for second batch of students in 2019, he said.
Registrar KU, Dr. Nisar Ahmad Mir said the admission processof the first batch will be completed within this month followed by thecommencement of classes.
“The progress of second batch will depend on the cooperationof colleges. We have to see when we can conduct the 5th 6th semester exams onthe basis of which the second admission session will be started,” he said.
Director admission in KU, Prof. Irshad Ahmad said admissionof second batch will start in November and the class work will start from March2020.