Jamia’s online exam mode leave J&K students in a lurch
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University’s decision ‘callous and isolated from the ground reality in Kashmir’, says Farooq Abdullah.
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University’s decision ‘callous and isolated from the ground reality in Kashmir’, says Farooq Abdullah.
Students hailing from J&K were left in a lurch on Friday after the decision of the Jamia Millia Islamia University (JMU) to hold proctored online examinations due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic from December 16 onwards.
“We are facing multiple challenges in Kashmir to sit for any online examination. First and foremost is the handicap of the speed of the Internet, which is 2G in most districts in J&K. Two, prolonged electricity cuts impact both charging of gadgets and the availability of the Internet. Three, in case of any operation of the security forces against militants, the Internet is snapped most of the time in the Valley. In the backdrop, students from the Val