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The students association of Pune- based FTII has sought immediate suspension of online classes for the 2020 batch students, saying that it is becoming increasingly difficult for them to attend classes due to the challenges posed by the coronavirus crisis.
The FTII Students Association (FSA) has also sought a meeting with the institute s chairman Shekhar Kapur to express their concerns.
The Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) administration, however, said that online classes are going on only for one batch, and many students are attending the classes and demanded that they should continue.
It also made it clear that online classes will continue to be held for the duration they are planned.
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FTII has sought immediate suspension of online classes for the 2020 batch students
The students association of Pune-based FTII has sought immediate suspension of online classes for the 2020 batch students, saying that it is becoming increasingly difficult for them to attend classes due to the challenges posed by the coronavirus crisis.
The FTII Students Association (FSA) has also sought a meeting with the institute s chairman Shekhar Kapur to express their concerns. The Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) administration, however, said that online classes are going on only for one batch, and many students are attending the classes and demanded that they should continue.
FTII Students Association Demands Suspension of Online Classes Due to COVID Crisis
The Pune-based institute s administration has made it clear that online classes will continue to be held for the duration they are planned.
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New Delhi: The students’ association of the Pune-based Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) has sought immediate suspension of online classes for the 2020 batch students, saying that it is becoming increasingly difficult for them to attend classes due to the challenges posed by the coronavirus crisis.
The FTII Students Association (FSA) said in a press release that students of the 2020 batch have been raising “various concerns about the online medium of education” over the past month. The administration is “strangling students with mandatory attendance criteria”, the association said, saying this is in violation of the attendance criteria mentioned in the UGC guidelines for online classes.
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