“Even if the results are published in November, we will not be violating the 90-day period. University regulations state that the results have to be published within 90 days of the last exam,” said Suranjan Das, pro Vice-Chancellor of Calcutta University.

He denied that the newly introduced 1+1+1 pattern had delayed the publicatio n of results. Deputy Controller of examination Debasish Biswas said that this year the theoretical examination had ended by August 3 and the practicals by the first week of September.

“One should not expect the BA, B Sc results to be published early just because the B Com results were published earlier. One must also keep in mind the fact that the B Com exams began early,” added Biswas. “The students of colleges, where the number of failures are more, will be inconvenienced as more than half of the classes for the next year will be completed by November,” said Bidhannagar College Principal Deepak Ranjan Mondal. Mondal added that it would take the university some time to implement the new proposals.

Ashutosh College Principal Debrata Biswas feels that the university is under too much pressure as it has many colleges (in Kolkata, Howrah, North 24-Parganas and South 24-Parganas) under its umbrella. She said that is natural that there will be a delay.