Helplines set up by student outfits continue ringing; demand for delaying university exams grows
Helplines set up by student outfits across the Capital kept ringing on Saturday even as India and Pakistan declared a ceasefire.
'The helpline is still live and running. We are providing assistance to the affected students in border regions,' said Students' Federation of India's Delhi secretary Aishe Ghosh.
She added that several students from Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab had reached out to them seeking information, such as safe zones in their vicinity and the best routes to reach them.
While the neighbouring countries have declared a halt to the hostilities, several student groups, including Jammu and Kashmir Students' Association, SFI, and All India Students' Association, have also sought a postponement of university examinations.
Delhi University students on Saturday continued to press for a delay in the conduct of exams in light of the anguish suffered by many students and parents due to heavy artillery firing along the Pakistan border. Delhi University Students' Union president Ronak Khatri urged Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh to postpone the university exams. 'Safety first, then exams!' Mr. Khatri wrote on X, requesting the V-C to take note of the anguish suffered by many students and parents living in proximity to the Pakistan border, which has seen an intense spell of shelling and firing.
A similar request has been made by the student outfits in Jawaharlal Nehru University and Jamia Millia Islamia. The Jamia administration on Friday rescheduled its entrance tests for students from Jammu and Kashmir, many of whom have been stuck on highways where traffic has been disrupted due to landslides. 'The decision has been taken considering the ongoing situation and factoring in the well-being of the students,' the JMI administration said a day earlier.
Apart from university examinations, the Common University Entrance Test, conducted by the National Testing Agency, is also scheduled to begin on May 13.
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