Students on Online Classes
This is a student version 'Referendum' conducted by SFS:
Students For Society (SFS) started a Referendum for Students opinion on Online Classes & Exams on 30 May, 2020 :
The form consisted of 9 Questions and 519 Students from various departments have paticipated in the Survey. The question wise results of the Survey are as follows
Q 1: Do you feel satisfied with the online teaching?
90% of Students said they don’t
Q 2 : How is internet service in your area?
Only 1/4 students have Good service and Half the students have average service and 1/4 students have poor service
Q 3 : Where do you stay in Amritsar?
40% students stay in Hostel; 33% are Day Scholars; 8% stay in PGs and 19% students stay anywhere else
Q 4 : Did you take books back when you left your hostels or PGs?
Only 8% have taken their Books with them while 55% have not; while 37% are Dayscholars
Q 5 : Do you feel conducting exams during such crisis is a good idea?
94% students responded against this and only 2.49% in favour while 3% didn’t answered
Q 6 : Will it be possible to maintain social distancing in University?
89% students said it wil not be possible while 10.54% responded in favour
Q 7 : Do you think students should be promoted?
91% students responded in favour of this, 4.98% were against while 4.02% didn’t answered
Q 8 : Please share your experience of online classes
Most of students have problems regarding this. As, Internet speed & availability is not ubiquitous. Also, Many had opinion that Online teaching can’t substitute the Classroom teaching & things can’t be learnt in such a way
Q 9 : Please share your opinion on examination pattern
*Students showed their Dissatisfaction about Online Teaching as:*
One of the student from Jammu and Kashmir state that, *“It (online Teaching) is very bad as I am from Jammu and Kashmir. So here only 2g network is available due to which it is very difficult to cope up with the studies.”*
One said: *“ its totally worst. They are completing their syllabus only by giving the assignments on Google Classroom. They even don’t take any zoom sessions. They are given whole unit as an assignment.”*
Another had the view:*“Online class is just a way to release teachers from burden of syllabus. So they can claim that syllabus is complete and students are not ready for exams…”*
*We have formulated following demands for the University Administration in regard with matter:*
1. University must hold classes for atleast 15 days so that the students could get their doubts cleared. This has also been recommended by UGC.
2. Examinations should be conducted only when the situation normalizes as as it is highly dangerous and nothing less than putting the lives of students at risk, to conduct exams in a current situation.
3. Status of Examinations of Intermediate students i.e. other than Final Year must be clarified Immediately in current situation.
~ Students For Society (SFS)
