Students in various districts protest online classes.

PESHAWAR -- Students in various districts on Monday protested the online classes and demanded of the Higher Education Commission to review the decision.

A protest was held outside the Peshawar Press Club, where the students held banners and placards, demanding of the HEC to promote the BS students on the pattern of SSC and intermediate classes.

The protestors were led by Pakhtun Students Federation (PkSF), Islamia College University (unit) general secretary Shahab Rehman and deputy general secretary Arbab Waqas.

Awami National Party provincial general secretary Sardar Hussain Babak also participated in the protest and assured the students of raising their issue on the floor of the provincial assembly.

Another demonstration was held under the banner of Khalil Students Organisation Peshawar, attended by the students of the University of Agriculture, the University of Peshawar and the Islamia College University.

Complain about lack of Internet facility, power outages

The protesters feared that many students won't be able to participate in the online classes due to lack of Internet access mainly in remote districts. They said many poor students did not have smartphone sets and Internet facility.

The PkSF leaders warned to set up a protest camp outside the HEC office in case their demands were not accepted.

The protesters also demanded waiver of semester fee, pointing out that teachers were not following the timetable and took classes on their own free will.

Meanwhile, students from Upper and Lower Dir districts protested the launch of online classes without first ensuring the Internet facility and uninterrupted power supply, especially in remote areas.

The students led by leaders of Islami Jamiat Talaba and Students Welfare Society gathered outside the Timergara Press Club, holding banners and placards inscribed with slogans against the online classes.

They demanded of the government and the Higher Education Commission to review the decision.

Later, speaking at a news conference, IJT nazim Government Postgraduate College, Timergara, Mohammad Idrees and others said students across the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had rejected the online classes at varsities and postgraduate colleges because those belonging to far flung areas had no Internet facility and they also had disrupted power supply.

The students' leaders said in most...