Poll among college principals, teachers likely on decentralised 1st, 2nd-yr exams
TIMES NEWS NETWORK | Mumbai:
Faced with complaints of inconvenience caused by the common schedule for firstand second-year undergraduate exams, the Mumbai University is likely to conduct a poll among college principals and teachers about a possible decentralisation. A committee headed by former vice-chancellor Snehlata Deshmukh has been set up to recommend a solution.
Deshmukh said they are preparing a questionnaire to seek principals’ and teachers’ opinion on the common exam schedule. “The details are yet to be worked out, but we will try to figure out the problems. The report will be tabled before the academic council, which will take the final decision,” she said.
In May 2016, ousted vice-chancellor Sanjay Deshmukh decided to bring the exams under the university’s purview. “After complaints of colleges skipping major portions of the syllabus, the university decided on a common schedule. It also decided to set question papers covering the entire syllabus,” said the principal of a suburban college. The idea was to bring uniformity in the exam process since students’ final grades are based on their performance through the three years of the course. From November 2016, semesters I to IV are being conducted by the university. But the answer papers are assessed at the college level.
Principals and teachers say the common schedule and question papers are adding to the chaos that started with the online assessment in 2017. “The firstand second-year exams were usually completed by colleges by March 15 and we had enough time to conduct the university exams. The common schedule clashes with the junior college exams, activities, other university exams, and even professional exams. The second year B.Com exam in 2018 went on till May 4 this year,” said another principal. She added that since the papers are assesses in colleges, the uniformity purpose is defeated.
A university official said the common schedules and question papers was unanimously turned down at a recent academic council meeting. However, the university decided to tread cautiously, as a related matter in the law faculty is pending in the court.
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