Varsity firm on reassessed results
Posted by barunroy on April 28, 2008
Siliguri, April 27: The North Bengal University (NBU) has decided to stick to the reassessed results of the BCA and BBA.
The decision of the varsity’s executive council (EC) comes after a group of students expressed their unhappiness with the reassessed results published on Friday.
“They were given an opportunity to look at their answer scripts but they summarily rejected it,” NBU vice-chancellor Arunava Basumajumdar said in a release.
“Under the circumstances, the EC decided to stick to the reassessed results,” the release added.
The students had alleged that they found “hardly any change” in the reassessed results. They had ransacked the administrative building and confined the vice-chancellor, EC members, and teachers to a room for over six hours on Friday.
The students had also launched a movement after the original results were published on March 31 which showed that around 90 per cent of them, studying in different semesters, had failed. The students had then asked for reassessment.
“In order to sustain the sanctity and confidence in the university examination system, the EC allowed the reassessment of the answer scripts of the candidates of BBA and BCA examinations by a separate set of examiners and published the reassessed results on April 25,” read the release.
Currently, eight colleges and the Information Technology Centre of the NBU offer the courses. All are self-financed with over 2,000 students enrolled in them.
The students of the first, third and fifth semesters alleged that they fared badly in the exams, because Techno India Group, which runs the courses, did not provide them with enough faculties.
“A meeting has been slated for tomorrow where Techno India Group officials will be present,” a spokesperson for the students said. “We will point out the infrastructure lapses and hear from them on our results.” [The Telegraph]
