<p>After some uncertainty on whether Life of Pi star Suraj Sharma would be able to write his semester-end exams, St Stephen's College on Thursday gave him the go-ahead.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The issue was sorted out after the Delhi University college allowed him time up to Thursday evening to submit his assignment papers – and make up for shortage of attendance.<br /><br />“Yes, he will be writing his exams,” college bursar K M Mathew told PTI when asked if the teenage star of Ang Lee's much talked about film had been provided his examination admit card.<br /><br />Nineteen-year-old Sharma, who apparently submitted the written assignments, will be allowed to write his exams from Thursday after he missed his first paper on Wednesday.<br />Sharma recently said at an event to promote the movie that he was not being allowed to take his exams as he failed to submit his assignments on time. <br /><br />Senior officials at the college had earlier said he had not submitted even a single assignment. <br /><br />In DU, a minimum of 67 per cent attendance is required to sit for the exams. <br />But students admitted through sports quota are allowed instead to submit assignment papers, countersigned by their teachers.<br />However, Sharma had said he had misplaced all his assignment-papers.<br /><br />“We all want to help him out. I was told he never submitted his assignments, he in turn says he lost them,” vice principal Clement Rajkumar had said.<br /><br />Earlier, India’s U-19 cricket team captain Unmukt Chand, another St Stephen's student, had run into trouble due to poor attendance. He was later allowed to sit for the exams.<br />Rajkumar said there were several students, particularly in the sports quota, who suffer because of lack of guidelines as the university makes a transition to the semester system.<br /><br />“There are so many students who work hard on sports but not all catch media attention like Unmukt Chand did. Many of them have to repeat years. I wish the university could give powers to the principals, for a year maybe, to use their discretion on a case-to-case basis until the complete transition to semester system takes place,” he said.<br /><br /></p>
<p>After some uncertainty on whether Life of Pi star Suraj Sharma would be able to write his semester-end exams, St Stephen's College on Thursday gave him the go-ahead.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The issue was sorted out after the Delhi University college allowed him time up to Thursday evening to submit his assignment papers – and make up for shortage of attendance.<br /><br />“Yes, he will be writing his exams,” college bursar K M Mathew told PTI when asked if the teenage star of Ang Lee's much talked about film had been provided his examination admit card.<br /><br />Nineteen-year-old Sharma, who apparently submitted the written assignments, will be allowed to write his exams from Thursday after he missed his first paper on Wednesday.<br />Sharma recently said at an event to promote the movie that he was not being allowed to take his exams as he failed to submit his assignments on time. <br /><br />Senior officials at the college had earlier said he had not submitted even a single assignment. <br /><br />In DU, a minimum of 67 per cent attendance is required to sit for the exams. <br />But students admitted through sports quota are allowed instead to submit assignment papers, countersigned by their teachers.<br />However, Sharma had said he had misplaced all his assignment-papers.<br /><br />“We all want to help him out. I was told he never submitted his assignments, he in turn says he lost them,” vice principal Clement Rajkumar had said.<br /><br />Earlier, India’s U-19 cricket team captain Unmukt Chand, another St Stephen's student, had run into trouble due to poor attendance. He was later allowed to sit for the exams.<br />Rajkumar said there were several students, particularly in the sports quota, who suffer because of lack of guidelines as the university makes a transition to the semester system.<br /><br />“There are so many students who work hard on sports but not all catch media attention like Unmukt Chand did. Many of them have to repeat years. I wish the university could give powers to the principals, for a year maybe, to use their discretion on a case-to-case basis until the complete transition to semester system takes place,” he said.<br /><br /></p>