Mysore/Mysuru: Non-opening of hostels has been one of the reasons for poor attendance of students to Colleges which were opened on Nov. 17 after a gap of eight months.
More than 70 per cent of students of Mysuru Colleges belonged to rural areas. While a small portion of students travel daily, others stay in hostels. The State Government ordered re-opening of Colleges for final year students of under graduate and post graduate courses since Monday last, due to decline on COVID-19 cases. The students have been given the option of attending the classes offline or online. There was no compulsion on them to attend offline classes and attendance was not made mandatory for them. But, those who wished to attend classes offline must undergo a free RT-PCR test and show negative report to the College authorities. Many of them are ready to attend offline classes but not ready to come from their native till the hostels are re-opened.
