A number of students who have been Allowed To Keep Terms (ATKT) are still wondering whether they will be allowed to give papers in which they have ATKT or what will be their status, given that exams have been cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A report in this paper detailed how students are immensely confused about their ATKT status. Even if college final exams have been cancelled, what happens if you have to give an ATKT exam? There is a large number of students who have to sit for ATKT examinations but they are unsure if their degrees will say paper pending or has to appear for papers later and anxious about the path ahead of them.