SHILLONG: The Hynniewtrep Youth Council (HYC) has raised objection to a notification issued by NEHU to introduce the Semester system at the Bachelor’s Degree level and has demanding immediate modification of the proposal.
NEHU has proposed to introduce the Semester system in all colleges affiliated to it from next year.
“We have strong reservation to the notification issued by NEHU to introduce the Semester system at the degree level,” HYC general secretary Robertjune Kharjahrin stated in a petition submitted to NEHU Acting Vice Chancellor Prof. P. Shukla.
HYC observed that paragraph 3 of the notification went against the interest of the students’ community.
Paragraph 3 of the notification issued by the Director, College Development Council, NEHU, states that “students are eligible to proceed to the next semester course, regardless of passing or failing in any one or more subjects of the first five end semester examination(s).”
“Such candidates will be required to appear and pass the failed subject between 7th and 10th semester or within five years and not during regular semester (i.e 3rd or 4th),” the notification stated.
While demanding the authority to modify the notification, HYC suggested that paragraph 3 should be replaced with “Candidates will be required to appear and pass the failed subject between 3rd to 10th semesters or within five years.”
“Students should have the liberty to appear the failed paper at any time during the semester examinations, but it must be in the even semester and odd semester exams for the respective even and odd semester failed paper,” HYC added.
Incidentally, NEHU Vice Chancellor in charge, Prof. B. Myrboh expressed surprise that the HYC was reacting to the notification which was yet to get the approval of the University’s Academic Council.
Prof. Myrboh, further, informed that NEHU has constituted a committee to look into the matter.
