New Delhi: India cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni Thursday came out in support of the U-19 World Cup winning skipper Unmukt Chand, who was barred from taking his second semester BA exams by the St.Stephen’s College here due to low attendance.
“Marks for sports takes backseat, attendance for now takes centrestage. This shows how much importance sports has in India. Sad to hear,” Dhoni said on social networking site Twitter.
St.Stephen’s College has barred Chand from taking the second semester exams because of his low attendance.Meanwhile, India’s Sports Minister Ajay Maken has also said that he would take up U-19 World Cup winning captain Unmukt Chand’s case with the Delhi University.
Chand had earlier approached the Delhi high court to sit for his exams. But since he was late in approaching the court, he could appear in only two exams out of four. The next hearing is slated for Sep 14.
According to university rules, a student should have at least 33.3 percent attendance after all exemptions to appear in an exam, and should pass 50 percent of all exams in both semesters combined to move to the third year.
Unmukt, who played a crucial knock of 111 not out in the final against Australia last Sunday to lead India Under-19 team to the World Cup glory, has been barred from taking the second semester exams because of low attendance.
Meanwhile, Indian Premier League commissioner, Rajeev Shukla put the ball in Unmukt’s court by stating that the BCCI can’t interfere in the varsity’s rules of attendance.
“It’s purely their own decision, their own procedures and they go by that. We can’t interfere in that. BCCI can only request the college authorities,” Shukla said. (IANS)
