A section of final year students of ILS law college, Pune is demanding continuation of both offline and online classes as they cannot afford to return to Pune for a couple of months.
Few final year students of ILS law college, Pune are not willing to come back to campus to resume offline classes and they are demanding continuation of both offline and online classes as they do not wish to come to Pune for a few months.
Maharashtra education department has allowed colleges and universities to resume offline classes and most colleges have already resumed normal teaching on campus.
These students have written a letter to state technical and higher education minister Uday Samant and urged him to direct college to take the summer semester classes in both offline and online mode.
Students want option of online classes
The students have said that not all are able to return to the campus as some students have lost their parents and are also working to support their families, hence the online classes should continue.
Karan Naiknaware, a final-year student from ILS law college, Pune, said, “In the last two years during the Covid-19 pandemic, there has been a major impact on students both financially and in terms of loss of family members. There are students who have lost their father, mother or both parents in the pandemic. As colleges have begun offline lectures, we are not able to return to Pune, stay in college hostels and attend lectures. Many of us are working somewhere to support our families financially so our demand is to make online classes available to students,” as reported by Hindustan Times.
As per the letter, the semester exams were delayed this year and the teaching of the syllabus for the summer semester started only from January 2022. Until now, over 50% syllabus has been completed and the rest will be completed within the next couple of months. Hence, for such a shorter period of time, many students who have returned to their hometowns or those who are working will not be able to return to the campus.
Also, as per these students, the hostel fees are too high and unaffordable for them.
A senior official from ILS law college, said on condition of anonymity, “We have started offline lectures as per the guidelines issued by the state government and online lectures were a temporary thing during the pandemic. Now, students need to once again turn towards offline classes and examinations, and we are ready to help them in all possible ways. Regarding the hostel fees, we are open to discussion with these students and finding a solution to it.”
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