HYDERABAD: The ongoing Telangana stir may have come as a welcome relief to students in the twin cities for a while but once back in college or school, many are finding it hard to come to terms with the new reality — the prospect of losing out on cultural activities and college events.Several colleges and schools appear to be sacrificing these events to make up for the lost classes.They are also considering cutting short even Christmas and Pongal holidays. Schools across the city are unsure whether they will be able to fit in scheduled events such as annual day and sports day in the academic calender. “Students enjoy extra curricular activities such as sports events and perform really well.However, it will be difficult to find time for the events this year as we have to give priority to academics,” explains M Varalakshmi, principal, Chinmaya Vidyalaya at Begumpet.Colleges, which reopened after the prolonged Dasara break, have been concentrating on completing the syllabus and conducting exams. “The Psychon fest conducted by the Department of Psychology was scheduled for September but I think, we will miss out on it this year. Even La Fiesta might be delayed as no announcements have been made yet. It has been a boring year with minimum number of classes and there’s not much to look forward to apart from exams,” complains L Aparna of St.Francis college for Women, Begumpet. College fests have been a casualty and it is unlikely that even if the colleges reopen next Monday, the events will get priority. The JBIET fest Kurukshetra, which is usually held in November, may not happen,” says R Siddharth, a final year student (information technology) of Vidya Jyothi Institute of Technology.As several colleges are unlikely to reopen before October 17, the students aren’t too happy with exams looming large and limited options to de-stress.A few lucky ones, however, had a good break as they were sent for industrial tours and excursions last month. “Our college management thought that the situation will improve by the time we got back, hence they advanced the dates for the trip from November to September,” says a happy M Sathyasowmya, a student of B.Tech third-year at BVRIT. Despite the concessions such as reduced syllabus and concessions for minimum attendance required to appear for exams being considered by the colleges, the students seem less than happy to return to the classroom.
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