Exams held at NIT, many outstation students skip

April 11, 2016 20:23

As peace returned to the National Institutes of Technology in Srinagar, examinations were conducted at the institute on Monday as per the schedule but many outstation students skipped it, deciding to avail of the opportunity of taking the test later.

Meanwhile, police thwarted a bid by three men from Delhi to enter the NIT for hoisting the national flag at the campus which has been witnessing clashes and tension since April 1.

The situation on campus was peaceful with no untoward incident taking place, said an official of the engineering institute.

Many outstation students, however, did not appear in the examinations in view of the option provided by the Union HRD ministry to them to write the exams at a later date, he added.

The NIT Srinagar has been at the centre of a controversy since April 1 when clashes broke out between outstation and local students following India's defeat to West Indies in the World Cup T20 semi-final.

The situation worsened on April 5 when outstation students tried to take out a march outside the campus but were stopped by the police, leading to incidents of violence including vandalism by students and lathicharge by police.

The students held protests against the police action, prompting the Union HRD ministry to send a team of officials to take defuse the situation.

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