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Same Fees, Different Treatment?

Why are online students being denied access to the newly announced Prelims classes despite paying the same fees as offline students?
What is the logic behind this discrimination? Are online students not expected to clear Prelims? If these classes are important for students after what we experienced in this year’s Prelims, why are online students being denied the same opportunity?
Many of us have repeatedly contacted the support team, but instead of resolving the issue, we are simply told that the matter has been “forwarded to higher authorities” or that we should fill out a Google Form.This feels less like an attempt to solve the issue and more like an attempt to pacify students, buy time and eventually make the issue disappear.
Even when students raise their concerns in chats, they are not even acknowledged.
You teach us to fight red-tapism and make administration responsive, yet we are experiencing the same red-tapist approach from the very institution teaching us about it. You teach us the values of equality, fairness and non-discrimination, yet online students are being treated differently despite paying the same fees.
If these values are important enough to teach us for the examination, they should be important enough to practise as well.
What is the actual reason behind restricting these classes for online students? What is the logic behind this different treatment when the fees are the same?
We deserve a clear explanation and an actual resolution—not another assurance that the matter has been forwarded.

@Neyawn Sir, please look into this matter. We have repeatedly tried to reach out and raise our concerns, but unfortunately, our requests have gone unanswered. We hope that this issue will finally receive the attention and resolution it deserves.
PUTKARSHA,Luckyguyand9 otherslike this
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I am a student of the ONLINE CA PCM Batch 2027. I would like to sincerely request you to kindly extend access to the Bonus Classes to the ONLINE students as well.

If this is not possible, I humbly request the institute to kindly clarify the reason for the differentiation between ONLINE and OFFLINE students in this regard. We both pay the same course fee, and many of us who are based outside Delhi would greatly benefit from these additional classes.

We honestly did not expect to see a distinction between ONLINE and OFFLINE students when it comes to accessing these academic resources. We at least believe that we deserve a clear explanation for why the benefit is being extended to one group and not the other.

Sir, we have immense respect for the institute and the efforts being put into the course. We are not raising this concern with any intention of creating an issue; we are simply requesting that our genuine grievance be heard and addressed fairly.

Many ONLINE students are genuinely disappointed by this decision. We sincerely hope that you will kindly reconsider the matter and extend the Bonus Classes to ONLINE students as well, or at least provide us with a clear and reasonable explanation for the distinction.

Kindly look into our concern and help lighten our journey as well.

Thank you for hearing us out.

Lots of respect

Yours sincerely,

ONLINE CA PCM Batch 2027
PUTKARSHA,Nikhil_Parashar
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Exactly. Have mailed and messaged several times, this is the same message we've been getting "forwarded to management" . What is the intelligible differentia here . 

Apparently us online ones are not expected of to clear prelims. The "serious" ones are offline . Maybe the institute is trying to curb piracy but what net result it is yielding ? Our voices won't be heared ..Apparently we're keyboard warriors to them . 
PUTKARSHA,
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I am unable to find any concrete logic behind the exclusive offline program, when online students are paying same fees at par with offline ones.
I think providing equal access to classes will increase the probability of clearing prelims 2027 for us online students as well.
Our voice is being unheard despite highlighting the issue several times.

A clear clarification should be provided by now by  the management.


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