Lecturers of Jadavpur College (JU) have threatened to boycott the examination course of if the establishment yields to some agitating engineering college students' demand that the ultimate semester checks be held on-line by reversing its determination to conduct the train within the offline mode.

Some engineering college students had gheraoed Vice Chancellor Suranjan Das on the campus for 10 hours on Monday to press for his or her demand. On Tuesday, he didn't attend work.

Terming the scholars' demand as "unjust", the Jadavpur College Lecturers' Affiliation (JUTA) and the establishment's chapter of the All Bengal College Lecturers' Affiliation (ABUTA) stated they'll boycott the examination course of if the choice to carry it offline is reversed.

"JUTA has taken a unanimous determination to not participate within the course of if the ultimate semester engineering examination is carried out within the on-line mode as an alternative of the already adopted determination of the examination board to carry it offline on the campus this yr as it is going to imply giving in to the unjust demand of a piece of the pupils," the lecturers' physique's common secretary Partha Pratim Roy instructed PTI.

ABUTA additionally echoed JUTA in describing the scholars' demand as "unjust" and criticising the gherao of the VC.

"Our member lecturers may even chorus from collaborating within the examination course of whether it is carried out on-line," ABUTA spokesperson Goutam Maity stated.

Vice Chancellor Das, nevertheless, stated that the examination board's determination is ultimate and won't be reversed.

"We won't give in to such calls for of the scholars. I've instructed them categorically throughout the gherao that the examination shall be held offline this time," he stated.

A spokesperson of FETSU (College of Engineering and Know-how College students' Union) stated that as lessons have been held in on-line mode within the final two years, the ultimate semester examination also needs to be held on-line.