Srinagar: Despite burning midnight oil to crack Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), a national-level post-graduate entrance exam, some Kashmiri aspirants cannot appear in the exam. The candidates were seen biting their nails at the Srinagar Airport as the Airlines have rescheduled their cancelled tickets due to bad weather to a date post the examination.
Speaking to Free Press Kashmir over the phone, an official from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi says that at this point in time when the exam is just a day away, nothing can be done.
“Those who miss it will miss it. It is not a matter about one state. It’s about aspirants from across India. The dates for the exam are 2nd and 10th February and cannot be changed,” he says adding, “The aspirants could have booked the tickets for an earlier date. It is a computer-based exam and it cannot be set up in a day. We tried a lot to make some way for the Kashmiri students but nothing could be done.”
With no center here in Kashmir, the aspirants ought to take the yearly examination outside the valley. The examination takes place in winters when weather conditions in the valley are such that the road, as well as the airways, are often inaccessible. In all these years, no center has been established for the aspirants nor do the airway service providers cut them some slack.
“Even if I had booked the ticket earlier, chances were my flight would have been cancelled given the adverse weather conditions here. They can shift GATE to June when the weather is fine or they can just keep a center in Kashmir,” says Mir Wahiba, a GATE aspirant who had booked a Go Air Flight for 31st January.
01/02/19 Marouf Gazi/Freepress Kashmir
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Speaking to Free Press Kashmir over the phone, an official from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi says that at this point in time when the exam is just a day away, nothing can be done.
“Those who miss it will miss it. It is not a matter about one state. It’s about aspirants from across India. The dates for the exam are 2nd and 10th February and cannot be changed,” he says adding, “The aspirants could have booked the tickets for an earlier date. It is a computer-based exam and it cannot be set up in a day. We tried a lot to make some way for the Kashmiri students but nothing could be done.”
With no center here in Kashmir, the aspirants ought to take the yearly examination outside the valley. The examination takes place in winters when weather conditions in the valley are such that the road, as well as the airways, are often inaccessible. In all these years, no center has been established for the aspirants nor do the airway service providers cut them some slack.
“Even if I had booked the ticket earlier, chances were my flight would have been cancelled given the adverse weather conditions here. They can shift GATE to June when the weather is fine or they can just keep a center in Kashmir,” says Mir Wahiba, a GATE aspirant who had booked a Go Air Flight for 31st January.
01/02/19 Marouf Gazi/Freepress Kashmir
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