BENGALURU: Last year, 73 students were expelled from prestigious institute, IIT Roorkee, and in a similar incident, nearly 30 students from IIT Delhi (out of 850 students), five at IIT Guwahati (out of over 600 students), six at IIT Kharagpur (out of over 1,000 students), in addition to the recent 10 expelled at IIT Roorkee (over 900 students) have been expelled over non-performance issues. The only difference is, there may not be a reversal like last year for obtaining a second chance.

Many students enrolling in IITs don't come from English medium schools and face a tough time coping up with English language barrier. While many have got expelled in their first year, for next four years, nearly one per cent of them carry poor performance baggage with them.

"Many students who are non-performers face trouble as most of their school education had been in Hindi medium. From class lectures to books at IITs, all are in English, and hence there's a gap in understanding," IIT Kanpur, dean-academic affairs, Neeraj Misra, told ET. 

Apart from English, non-performance is also another reason. Every year, IIT Delhi also shows the door to about the same number of students (between 10 and 20) for their poor performance.

"We have done everything possible. From giving them remedial classes, peer-assistant learning (PAL), mentoring by senior students, handholding sessions by faculty and even translations of lessons (from English to Hindi)," IIT Roorkee director Pradipta Banerji told ET.

IIT Guwahati, dean of academic affairs, M Guru Prem Prasad, told ET, "Apart from the language problem, the students fail to solve concept-oriented papers. They can tackle only the objective type of questions. This is also the reason for many failures." 

Unlike most other IITs that give two years to students to pull up their socks, IIT Guwahati and Kanpur expel students only after a completion of six years.

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