

Suspend the Online Classes and Refund the Fees (Pakistani Universities)


Suspend the Online Classes and Refund the Fees (Pakistani Universities)
The Issue
The Virtual Classes have been started due to the ongoing situation of the Coronavirus (Covid-19). The trajectory of the confirmed cases in Pakistan shows that the growth rate of this virus is exponential and we have to think about our classes as a long-term issue. Currently, students are not satisfied with these “Virtual” classes due to the following reasons:
• Teachers are not aware that how to use the proposed tool to teach online.
• Some students are not privileged with basic technological tools and good internet to attend these lectures
• Technical courses like mathematical problems and coding are unfavorable to teach online.
• Progressive communication is the key to understand the lecture but it is not happening in online lectures.
• Teachers have been told to complete the session and they are exactly doing that without putting an extra effort or ultimate solution.
• Practical work in labs is not being performed and we have been asked to watch and learn from Youtube tutorials.
• Quizzes, Assignments and other assessments are being performed in the most unusual way which is affecting our result.
•Everyone is worried about their degrees and CGPA/GPA but it is certain that we are not going to perform well in exams due to the horrendous outcome of online lectures which is ultimately a big loss.
•Most importantly, we have not paid a huge amount of fees to attend the online lectures. We want a refund from our respective universities.
Govt. of Pakistan and HEC are requested to take notice and propose an alternate solution to our petition.
The Issue
The Virtual Classes have been started due to the ongoing situation of the Coronavirus (Covid-19). The trajectory of the confirmed cases in Pakistan shows that the growth rate of this virus is exponential and we have to think about our classes as a long-term issue. Currently, students are not satisfied with these “Virtual” classes due to the following reasons:
• Teachers are not aware that how to use the proposed tool to teach online.
• Some students are not privileged with basic technological tools and good internet to attend these lectures
• Technical courses like mathematical problems and coding are unfavorable to teach online.
• Progressive communication is the key to understand the lecture but it is not happening in online lectures.
• Teachers have been told to complete the session and they are exactly doing that without putting an extra effort or ultimate solution.
• Practical work in labs is not being performed and we have been asked to watch and learn from Youtube tutorials.
• Quizzes, Assignments and other assessments are being performed in the most unusual way which is affecting our result.
•Everyone is worried about their degrees and CGPA/GPA but it is certain that we are not going to perform well in exams due to the horrendous outcome of online lectures which is ultimately a big loss.
•Most importantly, we have not paid a huge amount of fees to attend the online lectures. We want a refund from our respective universities.
Govt. of Pakistan and HEC are requested to take notice and propose an alternate solution to our petition.
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Petition created on 24 March 2020