Much to the growing frustration of its students, Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) has yet again rescheduled the odd semester examination. In a span of a month, the varsity has rescheduled this examination thrice leaving students in the lurch. The exams, which were scheduled to end by December, will now stretch into January as well.
A seventh semester student of Electronics and Communication said that he had prepared for the examination keeping in mind the original timetable. “Once again we will have to prepare a different study schedule and change our plans,” he said.
Students from other States who had planned to go back home had to change their travel plans and rebook their tickets.
Satish Annigeri, Registrar (Evaluation), said that the examinations were rescheduled after students had reported that some of their papers were clashing. “It is impossible to ensure that the papers are scheduled such that they do not clash. This process will take around two months,” he said. He also added that some of the papers were rescheduled owing to Id Milad.
Students, however, said that there was a need for the university to be more meticulous in its planning and stick to a timetable that has been set. “We understand that there are lot of papers in engineering, but the university also needs to ensure that its planning is foolproof,” a fifth semester computer science student said.
The university had to postpone the last even semester examination too as it had delayed the results as well as the revaluation results of the odd semester examinations held in December.
