New Delhi: After months of waiting for Union home minister Amit Shah’s promise to formulate an online education plan within two days after June 1, Kuki students from Manipur’s hill areas have opted for admission in Kerala’s Kannur University.According to information received from the Kuki Students’ Organisation (KSO), hundreds of students who were pursuing undergraduate, postgraduate, and PhD degrees in Imphal are now seeking help from universities in the rest of India.Goulungmon Haokip, a student at LMS Law College, confirmed to The Wire that at least 30 students from Manipur University and Dhanamanjuri University have gained admission at Kannur University because they can’t access their universities in Imphal.Speaking to The Wire, Goulongmon said, “We passed entrance exams to secure admissions in universities in Imphal, but we never expected it would end up like this.”“Do you think the violence should stop, and both communities should start living together peacefully so that students’ lives can return to normal?” I asked.“Peace is a distant solution. Even if things settle down and return to normal, there will still be trust issues from both sides. The divide between the Meiteis and the Kukis has deepened too much; now the only solution is separation,” said Goulungmon.The KSO wrote to multiple universities and chief ministers to help Kuki students continue their studies in their respective state universities.“We have sent letters to the chief ministers of Telangana, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. We have also reached out to multiple universities in different states. Not only has Kannur University decided to assist us, but Delhi University is also willing to accommodate PhD students from our community,” said Mimin Haokip, the information and publicity secretary of the KSO general headquarters.Also Read: What’s Behind the Manipur Violence and Why Stopping It Poses a Test For ModiThe KSO has submitted a list of students willing to enrol in the PhD programme at Delhi University. They are still awaiting a response.The Wire also reached out to KSO’s education secretary, Thangmoi, and asked if the KSO had attempted to contact the home minister’s office and the chief minister’s office for assistance.“Home minister Amit Shah and chief minister Biren Singh have lost the confidence of the Kuki community. Unless a separate administration is implemented in the hills, there will be no trust in the home minister and chief minister,” said Thangmoi.When asked if they had reached out to universities in Imphal, the KSO said they hadn’t, as they feel Imphal is no more a safe place for the Kuki community.Earlier, The Wire reported on NIT Manipur, where 50 students from the Kuki community were demanding online classes. They raised this issue with the dean, L. Herojit Singh, but received no response. The Wire contacted students at NIT Manipur again.“After multiple complaints to the authorities, they arranged a few days of make-up online classes for us, while the rest continued with offline classes for the past few months before the examinations,” said Paul, an M.Tech engineering student.Another student, Zemin, who is pursuing a B.Tech degree at NIT Manipur, said, “Only one teacher conducts online classes for us; the rest send us a few notes at the last minute before the examinations, and some we obtain from our friends at the college.”Since May 3, violence has affected both the Meitei and Kuki communities, and thousands are now in relief camps as their houses got burnt in the ongoing violence in Manipur. From schools to farming and businesses, everything has got affected by the violence.On June 1, home minister Amit Shah made several promises to the people of Manipur. One such promise was to formulate a plan for online education within two days. One hundred and thirteen days have passed since then, and students in the hill areas claim that no help has been provided by the Union government.