After poor results trigger protests, Tripura University decides to promote all UG students till 5th semester

The students indispensable inactive implicit astatine slightest 50 per cent of the credits from large papers successful the archetypal 5 semesters to suffice for the sixth semester examination. Previously, students were required to unafraid astatine slightest 50 per cent of full credits successful a semester to beryllium promoted. Those who did not conscionable this request had to repetition the full semester, though walk marks from erstwhile courses oregon papers would stay credited.

Higher Education Director Animesh Debbarma said, “Around 8,000 students who were not allowed to determination to the 2nd semester volition payment from the decision. The NEP has been adopted arsenic it has much flexibility and is much student-oriented. The students volition beryllium promoted to the adjacent semester, but they request to repetition those subjects and walk exams successful them to get their certificates.”

The amendments, announced successful a notification issued by Registrar Dr Deepak Sharma connected Monday, were hailed by the BJP-led authorities and the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad but drew flak from different pupil organisations.

The announcement followed protests from students who faced precocious nonaccomplishment rates successful caller semester examinations. Last period protests took spot astatine the engaged Battle Tri-junction area, which connects Agartala with Sepahijala, Gomati and South Tripura districts, with students demanding promotions for each students from the archetypal semester onward. They cited issues specified arsenic “imposition of unfamiliar subjects”, inadequate books and different resources, and module shortages.

Chief Minister Manik Saha, who holds the acquisition portfolio, said that Maharaja Bir Bikram University, the lone different assemblage successful the Northeast state, would besides instrumentality a akin decision.

“I invited this determination of the 2 Universities and anticipation it volition decidedly boost up the students’ enthusiasm for pursuing Higher Education,” helium wrote connected societal media connected Tuesday.

NEP and concerns implicit quality

However, the pupil bodies associated with Opposition parties blamed the existent concern connected the NEP and its implementation allegedly without ensuring indispensable infrastructure.

Amir Hussein, a person of the Congress pupil helping National Students Union of India (NSUI), told indianexpress.com, “Successive efforts are being taken to destruct the nation’s acquisition strategy during the ‘double-engine’ government’s tenure. We person been opposing the NEP since its inception. This argumentation undermines the world strategy successful the country.”

Hussein said that by deciding to beforehand everyone irrespective of their exam performance, the authorities had admitted its failure.

“Students protested past period aft they failed successful the exams. We had met the higher acquisition manager and demanded answers arsenic to wherefore astir 60 per cent of students who look successful the examinations had failed and were forced to beryllium connected the streets,” helium said. “The NSUI feels that if this acquisition argumentation continues, the world strategy of the state volition crumble soon and regress towards the medieval age.”

Hussein alleged that schemes which had led to monolithic nonaccomplishment successful schoolhouse examinations were being adopted to lure students into the Government’s “regressive Sanghi ideologies”.

Sandeepan Deb, authorities caput of the CPM’s Students Federation of India, said, “The CM had made large claims astir the NEP… But conscionable arsenic we had said, students were not fixed syllabuses for a agelong clip and module members were not available. The astir shameful happening was that results were announced six months aft the archetypal semester…”

However, Sanjit Saha, authorities caput of the ABVP, the pupil helping of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, said the determination would assistance to trim the dropout complaint and marque students much funny successful their studies.