Munger: Around 1,500 students of the BEd distance learning course of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (BBAU) (Muzaffarpur) have pinned great hopes on the new governor-cum-chancellor Lal Ji Tandon for paving the way for completion of the pending 2014-16, 2015-17 and 2016-18 academic sessions.

The technical fault of the university has jeopardised the career of 1,500 distance learning BEd students of the three academic sessions. "Now, a delegation of BBAU senior officials will soon meet the new chancellor in Patna and apprise him of the problem," said Ashok Shrivastawa, director, distance education, BBAU told The Telegraph on Thursday.

"The university will try its best to get the 'regulation-approval' from the new chancellor as soon as possible in a bid to end the academic crisis in the distance learning BEd courses here," said the director further.

A large number of BEd students, whose future academic career has been jeopardised, hail from Munger, Begusarai, Khagaria, Lakhisarai and Sheikhpura districts of Munger division.

"The National Teacher Education Council(New Delhi) approved the BEd course for 2014-16, 2015-17 and 2016-18. In light of the National Teacher Education Council's approval, the university got 500 students, each enrolled in the academic sessions 2014-16, 2015-17 and 2016-18 and started BEd teaching in time.

All 500 distance learning students of the 2014-16 batch passed on time. "But our certificates were held up owing to technical faults such as absence of regulation-approval from the chancellor," Mithilesh Kumar, a BEd student, hailing from Munger, told The Telegraph.

"Five hundred students again took admission into the BEd course in 2015-17 and wrote a semester examination and all of them passed. The second semester's lesson plans and assignment papers were submitted to the university study centres on time. But the university suddenly stopped the final year's examination till now," another student said.

"Again 500 students took admission in the 2016-18 session and started studying. But the university only conducted classes for their first year but did not hold any semester exam till now," added the student.

This correspondent tried to seek the version of the vice-chancellor of the university but calls to his mobile went unanswered.