Bengaluru: The day after the government allowed engineering universities to remain open, 20 students from a city engineering college tested positive for Covid-19, triggered panic.
Twenty Hostel Students from the JSS Academy of Technical Education (JSSATE), affiliated with Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), were tested positive on Saturdays and were quarantined in their hostel blocks.
Infection has caused concern because students are expected to attend offline classes start Monday.
This problem was revealed when Kateel Kateel from the National Union of Indian students and was responsible for VTU tweeted video students who were quarantined in the hostel block hall with information: “Is this how to deal with students in the dormitory? Students tested positively and still campus want to hide the case .
where the so-called minister of state who want students to suffer in this way by holding the offline class.
“Kateel college claims it does not recognize cases Covid and even send messages to parents call it false.
“In the message, staff and principals claim they are old Covid cases and nowadays, no positive students.
The cases at the hostel increased, but the government insisted on conducting an offline class,” he said, adding that students from the hostel Contact him with video and proof of Covid infection.
Isolated students also share with photos of Stoi from BBMP notice in their block, which was stated on Saturday that 20 were quarantined in the building.
One of the students who was quarantined at the hostel said: “Two to three days ago, 200 students underwent tests and 21 were tested positive on Saturdays.
Other students said:” We have been told to quarantine for 11 days and on January 20, our internal will begin.
It took a big victim to us, “he said.
Kateel also claims that some students at Hostel Girls’ are related to the main contact at the boy’s hostel, but still haven’t been tested.” The warden reportedly asked the girls who felt uncomfortable To empty the hostel, “said Kateel.
A student who did not test positively said they were now afraid to attend the offline class.
Parents have also raised concerns about the physical classes in the light of the Covid-19 case surge in the city.
Parents who are also doctors ask what is the basis of the revised government guidelines? “Why can’t they avoid creating a big cluster in college now,” said parents.
‘Separate wings you carry, JSSate principles, universities have identified students tested positive and separate wings are ready For them.
“I have identified all the facilities for isolated students.
Most of the students who I know do not have symptoms and I am constant relating to the warden, “he said.
He added that this institution followed the command of the modified government and circular VTU to do offline classes.” We must evaluate the situation and see what can be done.
Saturday and Sunday are hours of night, “he said, add that the University will receive a telephone.
VTU Vice-Chancellor is not available for comments.