Nagpur: A law graduate, who topped her college this year, has accused the Nagpur University (NU) of conspiracy and misappropriation after finding out that her 13 marks were cut after revaluation, result of which was declared after a delay of eight months. Deduction of marks even in multiple choice questions (objective type) has cast a shadow on the exam section.
The student, Pradnya Giradkar, who is a wildlife scientist, had applied for revaluation of one of her third semester papers to improve her score and bag the gold medal to be awarded at the next convocation to be held in April.
In the regular evaluation, Pradnya was awarded 50 out of 80 marks in 'Transfer of Property' while she expected 70. After revaluation, she was stunned to find that instead of increase or no change, her marks were deducted. When she pointed out to NU top brass that her marks were allegedly cut to deny the medal, she was told to approach the court. The NU cited its ordinance for not conducting another evaluation.
In February 2015, Giradkar had applied for revaluation of her third semester paper held in winter exam. Though NU has never set any deadline for revaluation result, it has been trying to announce them before the start of next exam. In Giradkar's case, the result was announced on September 30, 2016 — a delay of eight months.
The NU had also refused to issue a photocopy of the revaluated answer sheet.
"I had to produce the Supreme Court order which stated that answer books were not confidential after announcement of result to get a photocopy through RTI. Their reluctance itself shows there is much to hide," Giradkar said.
Pradnya alleged that the university ensured that she learnt a lesson even if she couldn't be failed. "They want to discourage such claims to improve result. They want to set a precedent that if you challenge the evaluation, you marks will be cut or you will be failed. Since I have been a good student having an average of 77% in all semesters, they couldn't fail me," she said.
Pro-VC Pramod Yeole said the issue was put up before the Board of Examinations. "It was found that everything was done as per rules," he said.
Giradkar added that the beside deducting marks, the entries on front page were missing in her answerbooks.
Director, Board of Examinations and Evaluation Neeraj Khaty said that in on-screen evaluation entries are not made on the front page of answersheet like it is done in manual process. "We have explained to the student clearly that there is no provision for revaluation of revaluated answerbook as per ordinance," he said.
Khaty couldn't explain why marks for correct answers in objective-type questions were cut in revaluation.
Exam section officials admitted that if the university started entertaining such claims, then almost all students will start filing for improvement of results.
The student, Pradnya Giradkar, who is a wildlife scientist, had applied for revaluation of one of her third semester papers to improve her score and bag the gold medal to be awarded at the next convocation to be held in April.
In the regular evaluation, Pradnya was awarded 50 out of 80 marks in 'Transfer of Property' while she expected 70. After revaluation, she was stunned to find that instead of increase or no change, her marks were deducted. When she pointed out to NU top brass that her marks were allegedly cut to deny the medal, she was told to approach the court. The NU cited its ordinance for not conducting another evaluation.
In February 2015, Giradkar had applied for revaluation of her third semester paper held in winter exam. Though NU has never set any deadline for revaluation result, it has been trying to announce them before the start of next exam. In Giradkar's case, the result was announced on September 30, 2016 — a delay of eight months.
The NU had also refused to issue a photocopy of the revaluated answer sheet.
"I had to produce the Supreme Court order which stated that answer books were not confidential after announcement of result to get a photocopy through RTI. Their reluctance itself shows there is much to hide," Giradkar said.
Pradnya alleged that the university ensured that she learnt a lesson even if she couldn't be failed. "They want to discourage such claims to improve result. They want to set a precedent that if you challenge the evaluation, you marks will be cut or you will be failed. Since I have been a good student having an average of 77% in all semesters, they couldn't fail me," she said.
Pro-VC Pramod Yeole said the issue was put up before the Board of Examinations. "It was found that everything was done as per rules," he said.
Giradkar added that the beside deducting marks, the entries on front page were missing in her answerbooks.
Director, Board of Examinations and Evaluation Neeraj Khaty said that in on-screen evaluation entries are not made on the front page of answersheet like it is done in manual process. "We have explained to the student clearly that there is no provision for revaluation of revaluated answerbook as per ordinance," he said.
Khaty couldn't explain why marks for correct answers in objective-type questions were cut in revaluation.
Exam section officials admitted that if the university started entertaining such claims, then almost all students will start filing for improvement of results.
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