The year of the pandemic: The year lecture halls came home in Ludhiana | Hindustan Times

By 2020, after the coronavirus pandemic, higher education institutions will bring lecture halls to students’ homes, and authorities will switch to magnified classes, hold virtual consultations and arrange online exams.

However, this journey is not without typing h. Some students cannot access online courses without smartphones and laptops and unstable Internet connections. In the process of online registration for undergraduate and postgraduate courses, university authorities also received poor responses from students. The economic difficulties caused by the pandemic have caused many students to drop out of school.

In June, the university reopened for use by employees. However, shortly after, two lecturers tested positive at different institutions, and one of the institutions was forced to close as a precaution. Since the lockdown, the hotel has been closed and the facility has not been provided to new students.

Regular courses for the final year of students began in November. However, most government and private institutions have low attendance rates. In public universities, people see teachers participating in physical education and online classes at the same time with the help of laptop computers. As Covid cases proliferate in the region, many private universities continue to conduct online courses. According to the instructions of the university, the university authorities conducted a Covid test on its staff and students before reopening.

Although it is not yet certain when students will start regular classes, the new government university building in the east of Ludhiana will be completed in February.

In July, following the surge in Covid cases, the authorities decided to postpone the Youth and Tradition Festival at Panjab University. The festival will now be held in November

However, in November, it was decided to hold a music festival after the final exam in February 2021. Only individual performances and participation in music or art competitions are allowed.

Students from different colleges in Ludhiana in the last year are ranked first in Panjab University (PU). Palak Dewan of Sri Aurbindo School of Business, Bachelor of Commerce, topped the list with 3,254 points (out of 3,700 points). Another student from the same university, Nikita Jain, won 2,925 out of 3,400 students and ranked PU in the Bachelor of Business Administration program. Anchal Bhardwaj of the Girls Division of Aria College won the first place in the humanities. She won a nearly perfect 2,101 out of 2,400.

To help front-line personnel fighting Covid, the girls studying at the Industrial Training Institute sewed four layers of washable masks from their houses. The masks were distributed to district administrators, medical staff, municipal company employees, police, Asha and Anjawadi workers, panchayat, farmers and migrant workers.

As the shortage of workers has almost stagnated the industry, the Gill Road Government Industrial Training Institute (ITI) organized a virtual rally to exacerbate the shortage.

Punjab University (PU) affiliated universities reported more vacant seats than in any given year. Although the school team extended the final date of admission to August 31, in order to give students more time to apply for undergraduate courses, the authorities said that the situation has hardly improved. Students who hope to study in government universities are already very cheap, and the authorities have been asked to collect tuition fees in installments. Despite the concessions, the seats are still vacant.

Nearly three years after the Ludhiana (East) Government College laid the foundation for the new building, about 20% of the construction work is still waiting. The building is located opposite Vardhman Mill on Chandigarh Road. Due to the pandemic, construction work was postponed. Due to lack of funds, work stopped in June. The multifunctional hall, canteen and landscaping work will be completed in the next three months.

The five private colleges affiliated to Panjab University have stopped offering postgraduate courses for the academic conference due to their small numbers. The university president said that due to the financial constraints of the pandemic, many students did not apply for a master's degree this year. The master's programs in Punjabi and Hindi and the graduate diploma programs in computer applications seem to be losing their luster. Students choose to continue to study for the Master of Business Administration, Master of Business and other skill courses.

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