months?? Well this just happened at a University ranked 5 th in India by Webometrics Ranking of World Universities.The well known Cochin University Of Science and Technology.
commence on 21 st April(DOH!). It so happens that the
results of the Special supplementary examinations were still not announced, so the examinations got postponed to 5th on May. But again the results weren't published by May! so very conveniently they just postponed the exams again by 2 months!
THE INCIDENT:
PERSONAL ANGLE :
2 nd April
201 5 , 5:30 a.m - Enthralled by the trauma of the
Exams to be commenced on 5 th April 201 5 ,I started contemplating.With explicable determination I chose to circumvent the recurrent annoyance of my phone by switching it off! (Big Deal for a Teenager). I become engrossed in the studies. 7:20 a.m- My room-mate springs up from his dormant state ,looks at me with eminent bewilderment and says "Why are you studying? The exam will be postponed for sure!". And I responded - "Oh Please! ,the exam's in two days! and besides it has already been postponed once! don't waste time arguing about it and kindly study!" As I try to focus on my studies I hear constant buzzing of phones with notifications. 1 p.m - I switch on my phone to go through notifications, only to be startled to see hundreds of messages popping up on my class's whatsapp group ! (well its supposedly desolate during exam days). As I read through some random messages I realise that everyone has disengaged from their studies, and it seems that a date sheet change is imminent ,I still didn't lose hope! I was wistful of the exams getting over soon so I can go for a holiday after 2 long years! (yes! we never got more than 1 0-1 5 days of holidays since joining this ferocious institution).
(to the administration) First of all realise that if you
can't make a calculated decision , you are not worthy of the position you are in ! CUSAT is a reputed university with students coming in from all over the World! so their plans depend on your decisions! As in my case I'm not a resident of kerala and not financially well off to purchase flight tickets for the very next day. I've to book the train tickets in about 4 months in advance, and now you see , you have ruined my plans! I'm caught up in this desolate and unlively place for the past 2 years because of the erratic schedule by the university. All my friends in other colleges or universities get about 2 - 2.5 months of holidays! Oh! that God Damn moment at which going by the statistics and ranking I decided to get admission in an institution affiliated to this prestigious university and ruin my life for ever. If this is the predicament without the much publicly denounced N-4 rule, the dystopia that will ensue upon its implementation can be envisioned.
Thank you Authorities !
I wont abuse you ! You are not even worthy of 3 p.m - The news finally breaks in, there has been a being abused by me! postponing. I still hope the exams to get over by May-end. Alas !It won't make a I open up the official website only to be taken aback by the difference! fact that EXAMS HAVE BEEN POSTPONED TO 22nd of JUNE! The Exams which had been initially scheduled on -A frustrated ,Irritated st nd 21 April have now been conveniently postponed to 22 of student. June. I was left confounded and Disoriented! oh! What have you And by the way What done CUSAT What have you done! Happened to this?
THE STORY:
To start with the Semester IV examinations were to