Exam Boycott: Polytechnic students hold protests against Technical Board and boycotted exams Archives

Scores of students of Polytechnic engineering on Monday morning staged massive protests against the Board of Technical Education (BOTE) for holding examinations of 6th semester students. Interestingly, BOTE had issued official dates for 6th semester exams two weeks ago on its website and asked the students to appear in the exams, beginning October 17. However, the students had opposed the department move saying they were not prepared for the exams in view of prevailing unrest in Kashmir. “We don’t have transport facilities and going out for exams in the unrest raises…