Detained Students Protest At JNTU 

Hyderabad: JNTU-H witnessed protest by R15 students for detaining them as they failed to get minimum credits in the first year.

Nearly, 13,000 of them have been detained as they didn’t have minimum of 28 credits. Meanwhile, 8,000 students failed to clear the supplementary exams.

Prof N. Yadaiah, JNTU registrar

The detained first-year R15 students can clear their supplementary exams, get the credits and join R16 in the second year. R15 students have more credits in first year than R16

JNTU registrar Prof N. Yadaiah said that there isn't any confusion as the detained students can write the supplementary exams next year and get required credits and join their juniors R16 who took admission in 2016.

“The detained first-year R15 students can clear their supplementary exams, get the credits and join R16 in the second year. R15 students have more credits in first year than R16,” said Yadaiah.