By Our Reporter
SHILLONG, Dec 11: Thirteen students of Synod College, who could not appear for their third and fifth semester examinations conducted by the North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), will lose a year of their academic career, as they had not registered and appeared in the second and fourth semester exams, previously.
An official of NEHU told The Shillong Times on Monday that the names of these students are not there in the varsity’s server as they did not register online to appear for the second and fourth semester exams.
The official said they would have been allowed to re-appear for the second and fourth semester exams if they had registered online.
“We cannot issue the admit cards if their names are not there in the server. It is mandatory for the students to register online for each and every semester to appear for the examination,” he said.
The NEHU official said the college management is expected to alert the students that they would need to do the online registration to be eligible to sit for the examinations.
“But we will not be able to comment whether it is a fault of the students or that of the college management since it is their internal matter,” he added.
Stating that the university will not be able to offer any help, the official said the students will now have to wait as they will need to register themselves to appear for the second and fourth semester exams.
Meanwhile, Shanlang Diengdoh, father of one of the affected students, blamed the college management for the lapses.
“I inquired from my daughter and I was told that they never registered online for the first, second and third semester exams. She said she was only required to submit the receipt of examination fees. It was only in the fourth semester when my daughter did not receive her admit card that we knew there is an online registration process,” Diengdoh said.
He said his daughter had gone to inquire from the office of the college about the online registration for the fifth semester after payment of the examination fees. He claimed the office told her that they would inform her about the online registration.
“But it was in the very last minute that she was told by them that she would need to rush to the university as there was some problem. Finally, we came to know that my daughter was not issued the admit card as in the fourth semester,” Diengdoh said.
He lambasted the college principal for asking him to get his daughter admitted in the fifth semester.
“We would have again sought admission in the fourth semester if the college authority had not misled us. Till now, I am not able to understand why the principal asked us to seek admission in the fifth semester when he knew that my daughter had not registered for the fourth semester examination,” Diengdoh said.
He said his daughter cleared the fifth semester internal examination of the college.
“I am sad that my daughter had to face this situation for no fault of hers. Why was she not briefed about the online registration when she is a regular student and also a hosteller?” he asked.
He said the worst part was to see the principal trying to wash his hands of the entire controversy. “If it was not the advice of the principal, we would not have taken admission in the fifth semester,” Diengdoh added.