BENGALURU: Following a TOI report on Bangalore University’s blunder in evaluating marksheets of BCom vocational students, the evaluation department has sent a notice to the chairperson of the Board of Examination (BoE).
On January 25, TOI published a report, ‘103/100? BCom result baffles BU students’, on students securing more than the maximum marks in their theory paper — travel agency and tour operator organisation. While maximum marks for the written exam was 70 and that of internal assessment was 30, many students were awarded more than 72.
The issue arose after the same question paper was set for both regular and other students who were writing it as a one-time measure. While regular students were to attempt only three sections in the question paper, they went on to attempt the remaining sections too, taking their total to beyond the maximum marks.
According to a senior BU professor, the carelessness occurred due to internal problems between the BoE chairperson and registrar (evaluation). “Is it difficult to make another set of question papers for other students? When we work for the university, caring for students matters. In this case, it is unfortunate to see their internal problems leading to tarnishing the university’s image. We are doing digital evaluation, but in such cases, we would have evaluated papers manually. The registrar (evaluation) knows the exam pattern and he should have taken a call when his subordinate was on the wrong path,” the professor said.
Registrar (evaluation) JT Devaraj said: “We’ve issued a notice to the BoE chairperson. I had informed the vice-chancellor about the issue and redirected to re-evaluate the answer papers. It will take a few days to complete the evaluation. However, we are waiting for a reply from the officer concerned.”
