SGU studends’ worries likely to end

The university has done that in the past when results of only few students were announced while the others had to put up with agonising wait, just as they are doing now. That measure was taken to scuttle an agitation by teachers.

Though results of faculties with less number of students are already out the university’s real test lies in announcing results like F Y B Com and F Y B A, which the administration claims it is in a position to do so.

Ironically, the root cause of all this is the bad blood between the South Gujarat College and University Teachers’ Association and Kapadia following an agitation launched by teachers to secure more remuneration for assessment work and the subsequent compromise hammered out in the presence of District Collector R M Shah.

Both sides still hold each other responsible for the delay in announcement of results, even after 35 days of the compromise. Both parties to the compromise failed to make it successful at their respective fora, a promise they gave in the presence of Shah.

While the Association failed to convince its members to submit answer scripts as early as possible, the V-C failed to list it on the agenda of the first Syndicate meeting held within a week of June 9, when the compromise was struck.

Kapadia says he has fulfilled his obligation by getting the Syndicate endorse in principle terms of the agreement, while the association claims it has also been able to convince most its members. If their delay is submitting the answer scripts the university should take the blame as teachers got them late in the first instance.

Association Secretary D J Vasavada alleges that a bundle of 700 answer scripts was sent for assessment to a teacher as late as three days ago, a claim the administration denies. Kapadia says, “There is a criminal delay on part of some teachers, who are lethargic and not responding to the terms of settlement.”

Kapdia admits that the university is yet to receive answer scripts from certain centres, and alleges that the delay is deliberate. The same charge is echoed by the association, which says the university is trying to shift the blame to teachers by not announcing the results in time, though it is in a position to do so.

Kapadia is hopeful that with “moral pressure” being exerted on teachers from all sides they have no option but to submit answer scripts early. Referring to the charge by teachers that the proposed formation of a sub committee to finalise the sense of settlement is yet another attempt to put the teachers in fix, Kapadia says it was a decision taken by the Syndicate.

While both sides continue to fling allegations at each other, students are only hoping that the university is able to keep its latest promise.