By N.B. Hombal Bengaluru, Nov 18 : Not many students attended degree colleges that commenced in the state on Tuesday after a long gap of more than seven due to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in early March.
Several campuses wore a deserted look despite the order to reopen colleges from Tuesday onwards. Be it engineering or regular colleges, all wore deserted look as only a handful of students came for inquiries and not to attend classes.
Ramesh Kumar, a final year BSc student at the Seshadripuram degree college, said that he had come to the college to attend his lab classes. “For science students, it becomes extremely helpful if you are physically present during lab classes as they can be tricky,” he said.
His friend Anand Kumar, a BA final year student, said that he came to have a feel of the college as he was missing being on-campus for a long time. “Unlike Ramesh, I am not worried much about classes, as if I can come to college occasionally to clarify a few doubts, it would help me. For our stream, we need more books to read, which we take from the college library to prepare for our examinations,” he explained.
Both said that only around 20 students in BSc final year and 10 in BA final year had come to the college.
Pallavi N., a lecturer in Sheshadripuram college, said that many parents are worried and are yet to sign the consent forms. As a result, attendance in colleges is likely to remain thin for few more weeks, till the parents feel that their children would be safe on campus.
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