HC dismisses GTU students' petition against offline exam
Updated: Jan 13, 2021, 06:00 IST
Gujarat High Court has dismissed a petition filed by 14 students of Gujarat Technological University (GTU) challenging the offline examination to be conducted by the varsity. The court issued the order following an affidavit submitted by the varsity.
The students enrolled in different departments of engineering at the GTU had earlier filed a petition in the high court, seeking its intervention after the varsity decided to hold only offline exams. The students wanted the option of online exams.
GTU has adopted a view that they are not the only varsity to conduct offline exams; other universities across the state have also successfully conducted exams offline.
The GTU had on December 17 announced offline examinations for diploma and degree engineering courses, making it compulsory for students to physically appear for the exams at the campus.
"We have filed an affidavit and submitted that the situation is getting back to normalcy and the physical examination should be conducted," said DG Shukla, counsel for GTU.
At least 5,000 students enrolled in GTU are from outside Gujarat.