HPU UPDATE PASSING MARKS 40%
H.P.U UPDATE PASSING MARKS 40%
Himchal Pradesh University (HPU) is mulling change in the criteria for passing the undergraduate (UG) examination under the Rashtriya Uchhattar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA).
The aim is not academic excellence, but to ensure that more students clear the UG examination by diluting grading standards.
As per the university ordinance, there is a provision of internal assessment of 30 marks and term-end exams of 70 marks. For passing in the subject, students are required to secure 35 per cent marks in internal assessment and in term-end examination with 45 per cent aggregate marks in the semester system.
Now, the university authorities are reportedly planning to dilute the existing provision and proposing to declare students “pass” by securing 40 per cent marks, irrespective of the prescribed percentage of marks under different components, due to pressure from a particular student organisation, sources said.
In the proposed plan, if a student gets only 10 marks in term-end examination and manages 30 marks in the internal assessment in the subjects without practical, he/she will be declared “pass” and the situation would be worse in science subjects, where practical examinations are mandatory.
“A science student can easily manage 40 marks if he/ she gets good marks in practical exam, which is of 20 marks, and in internal assessment, which is of 30 marks, and the dismal performance in term-end examination would not weigh much,” said a senior college teacher, upset over the reported move.
“HPU has already slipped in the latest National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) and now, the move to change the grading system will further dilute the academic standards,” he said.
HPU VC Prof Sikendar Kumar said: “There was a representation from a large number of students, who secured zero and one mark in mathematics exam in the fifth semester of UG, claiming that they have done well in the examination. The overall passing marks are 45 per cent and discussions were held to find a solution, but there was no way that passing marks could be reduced.”
“However, some favourable decisions will be taken in the interest of students and we have sought answer sheets from different centres, which will be examined by external examiners to analyse the problem,” he said.
Earlier also, the state government buckled under the pressure of ABVP and took a retrograde step to revert to the annual system of examination from semester system under RUSA and the move has not gone down well with the UGC.
Advantage students
There is a provision of internal assessment of 30 marks and term-end exams of 70 marks
Students are required to secure 35 pc marks in internal assessment and in term-end examination with 45 pc aggregate marks in the semester system
Now, the university authorities are proposing to declare students “pass” by securing 40 per cent marks.
Himchal Pradesh University (HPU) is mulling change in the criteria for passing the undergraduate (UG) examination under the Rashtriya Uchhattar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA).
The aim is not academic excellence, but to ensure that more students clear the UG examination by diluting grading standards.
As per the university ordinance, there is a provision of internal assessment of 30 marks and term-end exams of 70 marks. For passing in the subject, students are required to secure 35 per cent marks in internal assessment and in term-end examination with 45 per cent aggregate marks in the semester system.
Now, the university authorities are reportedly planning to dilute the existing provision and proposing to declare students “pass” by securing 40 per cent marks, irrespective of the prescribed percentage of marks under different components, due to pressure from a particular student organisation, sources said.
In the proposed plan, if a student gets only 10 marks in term-end examination and manages 30 marks in the internal assessment in the subjects without practical, he/she will be declared “pass” and the situation would be worse in science subjects, where practical examinations are mandatory.
“A science student can easily manage 40 marks if he/ she gets good marks in practical exam, which is of 20 marks, and in internal assessment, which is of 30 marks, and the dismal performance in term-end examination would not weigh much,” said a senior college teacher, upset over the reported move.
“HPU has already slipped in the latest National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) and now, the move to change the grading system will further dilute the academic standards,” he said.
HPU VC Prof Sikendar Kumar said: “There was a representation from a large number of students, who secured zero and one mark in mathematics exam in the fifth semester of UG, claiming that they have done well in the examination. The overall passing marks are 45 per cent and discussions were held to find a solution, but there was no way that passing marks could be reduced.”
“However, some favourable decisions will be taken in the interest of students and we have sought answer sheets from different centres, which will be examined by external examiners to analyse the problem,” he said.
Earlier also, the state government buckled under the pressure of ABVP and took a retrograde step to revert to the annual system of examination from semester system under RUSA and the move has not gone down well with the UGC.
Advantage students
There is a provision of internal assessment of 30 marks and term-end exams of 70 marks
Students are required to secure 35 pc marks in internal assessment and in term-end examination with 45 pc aggregate marks in the semester system
Now, the university authorities are proposing to declare students “pass” by securing 40 per cent marks.
Comments
Post a Comment