At some point in our student life, we had wished the schools would shut for longer and the exams to get delayed. But nobody ever imagined that these wishes
With corona-virus, taking lakhs of lives and leaving millions unemployed has brought in more wishes to the prayers. This havoc across the world, although has fulfilled the most sought after wishes together but on behalf of these chaotic circumstances. Educational institutions like schools and colleges were amongst the first institutions to be shut when the pandemic was declared. Now, over time people have realized that these holidays are not as pleasant as they have dreamt them to be. Without any prior clue of the situation and due to this sudden lockdown, the unplanned online learning there has been a gap between the actual quality of education students expect and what they are getting due to limited resources.No one knows the route that corona-virus is taking in India, in this scenario planning a concrete route for the remaining year is not a smart idea. Today many students have moved back to their hometowns and are planning an exam now, which will mean that they all have to travel back to the city to avail resources or for other formalities.One such awaited exam which is delayed and is CLATCLAT is an all India entrance examination conducted by the National Law Schools/Universities for admissions to their under-graduate and postgraduate degree programmes (LL.B & LL.M).It stands for Common Law Admissions Test. It is conducted on rotation by 22 National Law Universities (NLUs).This exam was actually planned for May 10 then it was postponed for May 24. But due to extension of lockdown it was again scheduled to be held on June 21. The Executive Committee of Consortium, after reviewing the impact of pandemic and the lockdown, scheduled CLAT for August 22, 2020, to be held through a computer-based online centre-based test.Justice Jayant Nath had urged the central government to inform the court whether it would be allowable to hold such an exam at physical centers amid this pandemic. The court had issued notices to the central government and the NLU, seeking their opinion by August 10 on the petition which inquired that the online CLAT exams be allowed to be undertaken from home.Prof Balraj Chouhan, Convenor of this year's CLAT and Vice-Chancellor of Dharmashastra National Law University (DNLU), Jabalpur said,” We want every student to get their fair chance to appear for the exams. Due to the lockdowns announced in various parts of the country, students will find it difficult to appear for the exams. Keeping that issue in mind, we have decided to postpone the exams till further notice”.There is no doubt that postponing exams have some negative impacts on the students like loss of motivation, wastage of time, stress, feeling anxious etc. but it is very important to know that postponements of exams also impact the nation. For Confidence: Re-revise your syllabus and practice as much as you can as this will give you confidence and reduce anxiety.Apart from what is mentioned above, students must also ensure that they do not step out of their homes and be socially conscious. They may include indoor exercises, yoga, meditation and may also play indoor or online games for refreshing their minds. Everyone must follow the guidelines issued by the government and remember that we all are in this together! Wishing all the students best of luck for their upcoming examinations.“Remember, most of the stress comes from the way you look at things and how you respond, not the way life is. Adjust your attitude and all that extra stress is gone.” Reasons and making delays an opportunityTaking exams online while students are at their home demolishes the quality of fair exams and specially in India where every student is not blessed with the same facilities of internet connectivity this practice is not applicable. Moreover, cyber-security is a rising issue which again makes the exams vulnerable.
