Hyderabad, Jan 5th: The Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU) in the city has decided to ask all its affiliated engineering colleges to conduct special classes for students and give 10 per cent relaxation to the number of credits required to get promoted in order to make up for the loss of working days due to the Telangana agitation. According to the university norms, it is a must for every engineering college to have at least 16 weeks of classes in a semester.

However, all the colleges in the region remained closed for more than a month due to the Telangana agitation. University officials decided to ask all the engineering colleges to conduct special classes either after college hours or in the weekends to make up for the loss of working days. “Each subject should have 64 hours of teaching in a semester. We will ask all the colleges to conduct special classes and conduct 60 hours of teaching in this semester. If there are no more disturbance’s and these special classes are conducted peacefully, we can help students from losing an academic year. We will soon appoint an expert committee to discuss the relaxations that can be given,” said Prof. D.N. Reddy, the Vice-Chancellor, JNTU-Hyderabad.

The university will also give 10 per cent relaxation in the number of credits to help three lakh engineering, MBA and MCA students get promoted. Usually, engineering students need at least 50 per cent credits in a year for promotion. The JNTU Vice-Chancellor said the varsity might eat into a few preparatory holidays in May to finish the syllabus and ensure the students graduate on time.