#StudentLivesMatter campaign

India has 257,392 confirmed cases, with 7,207 deaths and 123,848 successfully recovered. So, we all know that there are only two ways to avoid covid-19, first lockdown and second is social distancing. And there are no signs of vaccines in the near future, so we have only these ways to prevent us from this pandemic. As the deadly disease brought a lot of uncertainty with it regarding jobs, businesses, and the economy taking a dip, students are worried about their examinations. 

But some educational institutes including Delhi University, various Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have decided to promote the intermediate semester students without exams. Maharashtra is promoting all students and students of Karnataka , Rajastha , Telangana and Andhra Pradesh have demanded the same for themselves.

And other educational institutes are coming forward with tentative dates of the final year exams or final semester exam, that's why students are now worried. Many students had gone to their respective hometowns once campuses started emptying out in March to stop the spread of coronavirus.

So that, Students across the country of undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) programmes are demanding that their final year or final semester exams be cancelled. And posts tagged with #StudentLivesMatter have been tweeted to pressure the educational institutions to scrap the exams and promote the students. 

So, a concerned student on a social media post said: “During this COVID-19 pandemic. How could govt. Allow all University and colleges to conduct examinations for FY students. Where every day we hearing a news of increasing COVID-19 patients.This must be cancelled until everything goes normal.”

Another student tweeted: “Exams are not [more] important than a student's life!”