Dozens of students of a girls’ college protested on Thursday against, what they claimed were, out of syllabus exams for the final semester of their sophomore year which they failed.
The protesters boycotted classes at Government Degree College for Women in Satellite Town, the only college offering a four-year bachelors programme in the district.
The protesters, majoring in computer science, said they were not tested on what they had been taught at the college during the semester. They said they feared that they would not be able to finish studies in the stipulated four years if exams for the coming semesters too had out of syllabus questions.
Some of the protesters complained about the duration of the programme.
They accused the administration of deceit and said that on admission they were told that they could get a diploma and leave the programme after two years. But, they said, now they had been told that they needed to complete four years of study to qualify for the degree.
The administration rejected the claim. Principal Ameera Cheema said the programme required students to finish four years of classwork to qualify for the degree.
She said the administration had never given an impression that the duration of the programme could be reduced.
Colleges Director Sarwar Sipra said the complaint about the out of course exams had been communicated to the Punjab University. He said appropriate relief would be provided if the examination were found to have been beyond the syllabus.
With additional reporting from Rizwan Hameed
Published in The Express Tribune, September 14th, 2012.
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