NIT Srinagar Resumes Classes after 2 Months, Many to Leave the Institute

Many students have returned to NIT Srinagar after the notice of reopening of the institute only to bring the news of them leaving the institute. One such student of Mechanical Engineering department, Ravi, who hails from Maharashtra who was surprised after the notice of class resumes at NIT Srinagar on 15th October. He informed that the third semester was ongoing and many students including him had to submit the course projects. He said that he found a way out as he submitted the project in IIT Kharagpur. The same thing has been done by many students of the institute.

Many students are also looking forward to completing their classes from elsewhere as the situations in Kashmir do not seem right yet after the shutdown has been revoked.

A civil engineering student from Delhi, Mr Viksit Sharma who returned to NIT Srinagar only to de-register from the courses has said that based on his JEE Score, he has got admission in the Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) University of New Delhi. Only about 20 students were seen to be present on 23th October in the premises of NIT Srinagar.

The registrar of the institute said that amidst the shutdown of connectivity in the valley, they had to send some staff to Delhi just to update the news of continual of the classes in NIT Srinagar. Still, many local students could not recieve the notice despite giving advertisements in the local newspapers. One such student said that the newspapers do not come daily so he had to visit the institute to know it will open shortly. He informed that among the 90 students in the class ass per the official enrolment number, only 8 are attending the classes now.

NIT Srinagar resumed its classes almost after two months. The premier institute was shut down until October 15, 2019, due to government's decision to revoke Article 370. As announced by MHRD, NIT Srinagar resumed classes on October 15, 2019, and witnessed only 60% of attendance from students. Out of 2,892 students, only 1,802 had reported so far.

Amidst revoking of section 370 and its aftermath, the higher educational institutions in the Kashmir Valley including the National Institute of Technology - NIT Srinagar were shut down.

After the central government of India decided to repeal the much-criticised section 370 which gave special status to the state of Jammu & Kashmir, there were series of civilians protests in the valley. The communication systems were cut and the fate of Kashmiri students also became uncertain as the educational institutes were shut down due to the chaos. The centre also bifurcated the former state of Jammu & Kashmir to the Union Territory of Ladakh and the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir.

Mr R Subramanyam, who is the higher education secretary of Ministry of HRD informed that NIT Srinagar will again commence its classes from 15th October.

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After the district officials directed NIT Srinagar to be watchful of the unfavourable situations, the institute decided to not conduct the classes last month. However, the administration later said that the suspension of classes was totally an individual decision of NIT.

The facilities like laboratory, hostel, library are still closed and waiting to be opened.

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