When campuses closed during the COVID-19 lockdown, the question was not whether IJSE would continue — it was how quickly we could translate a classroom culture of rigour into a remote experience students could trust.
We rebuilt timetables around live sessions, recorded walkthroughs, and structured lab checkpoints. Mentors held virtual office hours with the same expectations as in-person reviews: working builds, readable commits, and honest progress updates.
The outcome surprised even our faculty — completion rates held steady, project quality remained high, and students reported stronger async communication skills. Remote learning became a permanent capability in how we deliver engineering education.
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