Applications for re-evaluation in MU going up each year: RTI reply

Bad quality of assessment of exam papers and delay in re-evaluation are two major problems MU students are facing currently, Durve claimed. “Many students lose their crucial year due to this, but still, the varsity does not seem to be putting enough efforts to improve the quality of assessments. First, students are wrongly failed or get less marks than they deserved and they have to apply for re-evaluation. Then, the re-evaluation results are delayed and so students are forced to appear for supplementary exams. This has become a vicious circle and there is no end to it,” Durve said.

In a reply an RTI application filed earlier by Durve in March 2014, MU revealed that over 25,000 students were wrongly failed over three semesters between 2012 and 2013. The data shared through RTI showed that over 25,000 students passed after re-evaluation.

Pro-Vice-Chancellor Dr Naresh Chandra said increasing number of re-evaluation applications did not simply mean that the quality of assessment was bad. Increasing number of examinations and change in the examination pattern too lead to increased number of revaluation applications, he said.

“In the last decade, there have been many changes in the examination system of the varsity –  from the number of examinations to its pattern. Earlier, it was an annual exam system, now it is a semester system. However, this does not mean the university is not doing anything to reduce the number of re-evaluation cases. We are trying to bring in a transparent assessment system wherein we can ensure students are satisfied with the first assessment, so that the number of re-evaluation applications eventually come down. One such initiative is the online assessment,” said Chandra.

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