Indian Statistical Institute students asked to vacate hostels, head back home

Some students from Mumbai and Delhi have requested to stay back as the Covid situation in these two states is worrying. 

The Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) has asked students who are not COVID-infected to vacate hostels with immediate effect. As per a report published in The Telegraph, a notice to vacate hostels was issued by Debasis Sengupta, the institute’s dean of students a day after the Education Department ordered closure. 

The students of undergraduate (BStat), masters (MStat) level and research scholars have been asked to leave for home. 

An ISI official said some students from Mumbai and Delhi have requested to stay back as the Covid situation in these two states is worrying. 

He said the Bengal government’s order on closure of the hostel says adequate arrangements as per the medical protocol will be made by the respective institution for the foreign/other students who are not able to leave the campus due to distance or otherwise. 

The state government had allowed resumption of offline classes from November 16. 

Physical classes suspended, exams postponed 

The ISI has been holding classes in hybrid mode that allows some students to attend the lectures in person, while they were live-streamed to others, since mid-November. Students who were facing network issues at home were being called to the campus so they could attend classes under hybrid mode or online classes from the WiFi-enabled hostels. “After the Bengal’s government order on January 2, physical classes and examinations have been suspended until further order,” said an official. 

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