Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University [Csjm] — Conduct of exams during pandemic

Respected Sir

I am a student of BBA of your university and I'm writing this email regarding the conduct of odd semester examinations.

As the exam days are going and the students are in stress.The students are worrying as till now the conditions are not normal in the state. Daily many cases are coming up.The News channels have been providing continuous updates regarding the havoc, deaths and problems the people and their family are facing when they are caught by this deadly disease.The numbers of COVID-19 cases are increasing daily.

The situation is getting worse day by day as the cases of Covid-19 are rising at a rapid rate. In India as of today over 100, 000 new cases have been reported.The cases in our Uttar Pradesh have rise from a 2 times rate.Total 12, 500 cases had been recorded between 17th March to 30th March here in Uttar Pradesh.Total 2400 cases had been recorded within 7 days.As in Kanpur today 246 cases had been reported along with 7 deaths.It will not much time from now that the situation will worsen and the cases may increase even more rapidly.Also as per experts and reports, the covid cases are going to be at peak in April in Kanpur

Various students have to come from outer states and those who are part of Agra and Saharanpur and other cities also have to cover a long distance in order to reach to the examination hall.

So on behalf of all the students of the University, I would like to request the administration and teachers to conduct online exams or in blended mode just like all the other universities like Delhi University have conducted successfully. Even Kurukshetra University and Mumbai University has conducted online exams in the past.Most of the institutes have been closed again due to increase in cases of virus again and are conducting online studies and exams

Even Allahabad University is operating online although the cases here in Kanpur are much more than in Allahabad.The students in IIT have been infected with Covid-19 virus.Due to this most of the colleges and universities are operating online.The cases now are much higher than the peak in September 2020.Therefore it is must that the university should operate online and conduct online exams.

If the students are infected with the virus it will create much of a havoc and panic.Also if their parents and grandparents are transmitted the virus through them, it will be a horrific situation.As having gone through this traumatic experience personally I would never want anyone to go through it.

If there are internet issues regarding supply of internet in some parts, the students of those areas should be provided the option to give offline exams. Because our parents are not approving us to go to campus.

Even various big personalities and film-stars got infected with the virus and lost their lives and some barely made out of it and recovered.

Even with the vaccine coming out, it is still in trial.The psychological trauma and stress through which a person and family goes when someone close to them in family has COVID is unimaginable.All the work, stress and if the isolation does not cure the infection and the health worsens, it is one of the most traumatic experience.Many people as still young of age 22 died due to the deadly virus.

Lockdown has been imposed in states like Nagpur and Maharashtra due to this deadly virus after the testing showed and increase in COVID cases again.But due to lack of testing here, the problem would be the same here or would get the same as time passes

Within the last week, an increase of 3500 cases is observed in state and the major thing is that the testing in Kanpur is much, very much less as compared to Maharashtra, Kerela and other states.There is a strong chance that the COVID infection is still prevailing here in large numbers but due to lack of tests, it is not determined.

In the end, I would like to request you to please conduct the exams in blended or online mode and please consider every current condition because university would have thousands of students who would have their exams. Nobody wants to take the risk of getting this deadly virus.

Hoping for a suitable action in this measure.

Thanks & Regards