Srinagar, Dec 2: The National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar declared an early winter break, almost 10 days earlier than the originally planned schedule. This development comes due to the ongoing protests that originated from social media posts and spread to other educational institutions.
According to the reports, examinations were going on however, college authorities assured that the remaining exams would be held after the winter break, ensuring no academic setbacks.
Initially, the classwork was suspended in NIT Srinagar, along with another institute, Islamia College of Science and Commerce on Thursday. The latter also suspended internal examinations for the day. The Dean of Students Welfare at NIT Srinagar issued a circular announcing the commencement of winter vacation in the engineering institute effective immediately, urging hostel residents to vacate promptly.
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“We have winter vacations every year and the same is the case this year also. The vacations were scheduled from December 9 but have been preponed,” Registrar Ateekur Rehman was quoted as saying by PTI.
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Apart from this, the NIT Srinagar website has also been temporarily taken down for “maintenance”, with a message, “Sorry for the inconvenience but we're performing some maintenance at the moment. If you need to you can always contact us, otherwise, we'll be back online shortly!”.
A Hindu student named Prathamesh Shinde of Srinagar National Institute of Technology (NIT) was targeted by radical Islamists for sharing a video of Mosab Hassan Yousef, son of Hamas terror group Sheikh Hassan Yousef in which he criticised about Islam and Prophet Muhammad on his social media handles.