Ludhiana, June 14 -- Panjab University (PU) students are reeling under exam stress as repeated cancellations and last-minute postponements of semester papers have left them frustrated and mentally exhausted. The confusion has largely emerged from a mismatch between the New Education Policy (NEP) and the non-NEP syllabus structures, with question papers often not aligning with the content students were taught.

One glaring example was the BA 6th semester Fine Arts paper, originally scheduled for June 5, which was suddenly postponed to June 11. Similarly, the BA 2nd semester exams for Elective English, Hindi and Punjabi, first set for May 26, were cancelled and held again on May 31. The non-NEP Punjabi Compulsory exam, scheduled for June 10...