PU lecturers urge govt to allow evaluation from home

Mangaluru: Vincent D’Costa, secretary, Dakshina Kannada Pre-University Principals’ Association, has requested the government to allow evaluation of II PU answerscripts from home. He has appealed to education minister Suresh Kumar and Kanagavalli, director of PUE department, to follow the CBSE Board as far as evaluation is concerned.
During lockdown, CBSE board examiners have carried out evaluation of answerscripts from their respective homes. “The number of answerscripts for PU is less compared to CBSE exam papers,” D’Costa told TOI.
The government is considering to carry out evaluation at the district centres. This could pose a challenge to those who have to travel from taluks. “So we urge the government to consider taluks as the nodal centres for distribution of answerscripts. Lecturers could pick them up from the respective taluk centres. The government needs to fix a deadline for them complete the evaluation. On their part, lecturers should do it with responsibility,” D’Costa said.
D’Costa also suggested that a pilot project can be done in Dakshina Kannada. “Political science or sociology answerscripts can be given to teachers from the district. If successful, the process can be extended to the rest of the state for all subjects,” he said.
Speaking on the English exam — the only paper left for the students to write — he said the government can avoid conducting it in the present crisis as it involves health risks and inter-district movement of students.