100 students marked absent in BSc pass paper

Express news service Posted: Dec 04, 2007 at 0000 hrs
Kolkata, December 3 Over 100 students from Dinabandhu Andrews College, Jogmaya Devi College and some other colleges, who had appeared in the BSc Part I (pass course) examination at Lady Brabourne College, have been marked absent in the physics practical examination. According to CU sources, the concerned examiner submitted the checked answer papers after the scheduled time period.

Debdatta Ghosh, a student of Jogmaya Devi Collage, said that 15 girls have been marked absent in the physics practical paper in their marksheets.

“When we went to CU, we were asked to provide evidence that we actually took the examination. Now, we can neither fill up review forms nor apply for any other competitive exams,” she added.

Gargi Nath, principal of Jogmaya Devi College, said, “There seems to be some miscommunication on the part of university. We have written to them about it.”

Meanwhile, about 15 students sat on a hungerstrike at the College Street campus of Calcutta University today, demanding re-examinations of pass papers.

According to a new university norm, if a student fails to qualify in the two pass papers in first year of the three-year graduate course, he will not be allowed to qualify for the second year.

The striking students began their protest today afternoon. They also wanted to meet Pro Vice-Chancellor (academic) Suranjan Das, but were stopped by the police. At 5 pm, the students decided to go on a hungerstrike. The authorities of CU conducted a meeting later in the evening.

Das said, “The varsity has asked the students to withdraw their hungerstrike. The varsity will take up the issue in the next under-graduate council meeting.”