BICHOLIM: Students from Bicholim taluka answering online university examinations are facing inconvenience due to frequent power outages. Parents and students have demanded with the electricity department to cut off power only on Sundays by giving prior shutdown notice.
Goa University exams are being conducted online in the state. However, the frequent power cuts owing to electricity maintenance work being taken up without intimation has led to tremendous hardship to students as they cannot charge their phones. One parent, Vismay Prabhudesai from Lakherem, Bordem said that due to difficulty in completing their exams due to frequent power cuts, students are fearing academic loss.
Parents have demanded that power should not be cut off during the examination time and maintenance works, if any, should be undertaken only on Sundays.
Another parent said that there seems to be complete lack of coordination, awareness that students answering their online exams need uninterrupted power supply.
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