‘Exams for private registration students put off on flimsy grounds’

It will affect students’ academic prospects, says Parallel College Association

The Parallel College Association has alleged that the University of Calicut has suspended first semester exams for the 2020 batch of private registration undergraduate students on flimsy grounds.

Jiji Varghese, president of the association, told the media on Wednesday that the university was all set to hold exams for regular students in aided, unaided and government colleges on December 14. Private registration students, however, had been told that the dates for their exams would be announced later because they were yet to be distributed study materials.

A.G. Rajeevan, secretary of the association, claimed that the notifications for declaring the exam dates and seeking remission of fees were similar in nature for regular and private registration students. Of the around 30,000 students under the private registration stream, 3,000 had remitted fees. But when it came to holding exams, private registration students were left in the lurch, Mr. Rajeevan said. He pointed out that there had been no practice of distribution of study materials for private registration students.