Effects on students exams preparations Students become victims of load shedding

Effects on students exams preparations

Students become victims of load shedding
Lahore, Jan 11: The unending suffering of the masses is now taking its toll on the most vulnerable segment of society, its students. Students from all over the city consider themselves the worst affected by load shedding, as frequent power outages have brought exam preparations to a near standstill.

Many say they feel like they are living in the Stone Age, and have effectively no time to study at home. Many students, particularly those who reside in hostels, are appearing for their supplementary examinations nowadays and complaining about the frequent power outages.

The city is facing about 6 to 8 hours of load shedding everyday, with some areas experience up to 10 to 20 hour power outages. A final year student at Fatima Jinnah Medical College (FJMC), Ammara, said that students sometimes use cell phone torches for preparation.

She complained that examiners and teachers do not understand their predicament, as they consider load shedding to be no excuse. "With so much load shedding, it is hard for me or any other student to study at night, which is the only time we have for college work. If this continues, I will not be able to get good grades."

Haris, an Intermediate student, said, "The current month is very important for us Intermediate students as we have exams coming up.

However, there is no fixed schedule of load shedding observed anywhere. This is badly affecting our studying schedules. It's depressing." Umer, a student of Punjab University, observed that students are serious victims of load shedding, and that the college administration has made no effort to consider the risk of load shedding and closed computer labs.

"We suffer a lot as we have to write assignments and use the Internet very frequently. Due to the semester system observed in our university, it becomes very difficult to maintain grades." Daily times