Archive · 5 Oct 2026
SPPU Students Seek One Final Exam Chance for 2019 Pattern
Some students at Savitribai Phule Pune University still have subjects to pass under the 2019 study pattern.
They want one extra exam so they can try to clear those subjects.
The students say 27,631 people may be affected, but that number has not been independently confirmed.
They have been protesting and say their hunger strike reached its eighth day on Monday.
They say the university has not made a final decision after giving assurances.
The university’s reported view is that its current rules do not allow this special extra exam.
Students say exams for remaining or backlog subjects are still happening, but they want one more opportunity beyond those exams.
Advocate Pradeep Naik said he would try to arrange talks with state leaders and the university.
Students under Savitribai Phule Pune University’s 2019 pattern are demanding one additional special supplementary examination for pending subjects.
Protesters claim 27,631 students could be affected; the report says this figure was not independently verified.
Students said their indefinite hunger strike had entered its eighth day on Monday, with about 80 to 90 students at the site daily.
The university’s reported position is that existing rules do not provide for a special optional re-examination, though backlog and remaining-attempt exams continue.
Advocate Pradeep Naik said he would work with Anup More to seek a meeting with Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
- Who
- Students of Savitribai Phule Pune University’s 2019 academic pattern; advocate Pradeep Naik, Anup More and Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis are also mentioned.
- What
- Students are protesting and seeking one additional special supplementary examination for pending subjects.
- When
- The protest had continued for around two to two-and-a-half months; the report says the hunger strike was on its eighth day on Monday.
- Where
- Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune.
- Why
- Students say they need another chance to clear pending subjects and fear their academic progress and future plans could be affected.
Students’ position
University’s reported position
Additional examination
Students’ position
Students seek one final special or optional supplementary exam to clear outstanding subjects.
University’s reported position
The university’s reported position is that its existing rules do not provide for such a special optional exam.
Available exam opportunities
Students’ position
Students say the 2024 pattern received a supplementary-exam circular and question why a similar opportunity is not available to 2019-pattern students.
University’s reported position
The report says 2019-pattern students continue to have backlog and remaining-attempt examinations, but the additional special opportunity sought by protesters is separate from those exams.
- University
- Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU)
- Affected students
- Protesters cite 27,631; the report says this figure was not independently verified.
- Main demand
- One additional special or optional supplementary examination for 2019-pattern students with pending subjects.
- Protest duration
- Students said the agitation had continued for around two to two-and-a-half months.
- Hunger strike
- Students said it had entered its eighth day on Monday.
- Daily attendance
- Around 80 to 90 students, according to the protesters.
- Reported university position
- Existing rules reportedly do not provide for a special optional re-examination; backlog and remaining-attempt exams continue.