Reopen IIT_NIT_IIIT: Students from high-end engineering schools, including the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) and National Institutes of Technology (NIT), and IITs have called for colleges to reopen as cases of Covid across the country are down.
Worried about the future, a section of students took to social media platforms to express their disappointment with the way colleges and departments have switched to online courses. Students used hashtags like #ReopenIIT, #ReopenNIT, and #ReopenEngineeringColleges.
Several students are demanding that engineering colleges and departments also reopen in offline mode because everything in the country is unlocked. They also claim that due to the online courses they face a loss of learning, especially in the hands-on courses which require hands-on training.
One student tweeted: “It’s been 1.5 years that the colleges are closed and it’s already clear that online class is not sufficient. It’s my hearty request please open the central govt colleges.”
Another student tweeted, “Reopen IIT, NIT, and IIITs. Engineering is about learning by practical, not just writing the assignments and submitting them before the due date. Or else, memes are going to be a reality.”
A third student wrote, “It has been 1.5 years that we all engineering students have not been able to take a single offline class. Is it possible to become a good engineer by online mood?? Understand the pain of engineering students.”
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