TIET students begin two-day strike

Their demands include introduction of supplementary examination system in the institute on the pattern of Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh, and the Regional Engineering College, Jalandhar; revoking of the decision of the institute to scrap the option of summer semester system; permission to have at least six subjects normal workload in a semester to students having backlog courses; and constitution of a students8217; union in the institute so that representatives of students can be party to the decisions taken concerning the students.

Later, the students staged a protest march to the residence of the Deputy Commissioner where they had planned to submit a memorandum listing their demands to him. Since the Deputy Commissioner was said to be out of town, they dispersed peacefully and decided to take out another protest march tomorrow.