Shashwat Mishra & Anushka Pathak, Mumbai Uncensored, 3rd January 2021:
Amidst the growing cases of COVID in Mumbai, Mithibai College of Vile Parle has announced that PG exams will be held offline between January 4th to January 13th. This has led to protests by the students raising concern over their health. The decision came out in October but as the number of cases were less, the students had no objection. Since December, Mumbai has seen a rise in the COVID cases which led to protests by the students of Mithibai College. Meanwhile, the exams for Under Graduate students are being held online.
One of the PG students from Mithibai remarked, “We are requesting the college authorities to conduct online exams in light of their students’ well-being. With the rising threat to not just us students but also the threat our families will be exposed to due to continuous contact with us while we are traveling to give the exams via public transport.” One of the students communicated, “We also conducted an online meeting with the principal regarding this concern. Our classmate’s family has been tested positive already.”
Students have written a letter to the Editor-in-Chief of Mumbai Uncensored, Mr. Siddhant Mohite, for voicing the demands of the students. Mumbai Uncensored extends full support to students as, during these testing times when Mumbai is clocking close to 12,000 covid cases, the decision to hold exams completely overlooks the current situation and the demands of the students. “If the college does not cancel or postpone the exams, Mumbai Uncensored will take this issue up with the Education Ministry of the Maharashtra Government.”, said Siddhant Mohite.
