PURNEA, April 9 -- A large number of students from arts, science, and commerce streams across constituent and affiliated colleges under Purnea University (PU) are grappling with examination scheduling conflicts, leading to widespread frustration and chaos among those appearing for the first-semester degree examinations (2025-29 batch).

The scheduling conflict with multiple timetable revisions has created significant uncertainty in the ongoing examination which started on March 30 and over 20,000 students have missed the examination. Students have sought intervention from the Chancellor over the issue.

The confusion is said to have been created due to discrepancies in examination schedule in admit cards and the examination programme issu...