JNUSU chief accuses varsity of 'lying' about online examination tender
Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union President N Sai Balaji has accused the administration of "lying" about the agency which had been tasked to hold the varsity's online entrance examinations. He said he had filed an RTI in October, seeking details of the tender bids for holding the examination for the academic year 2019-20, and received a reply on December 10. Read here.
Balaji was told information wasn't available as bid-evaluation under process
In the RTI, Balaji had sought to know the name of the agency, which was selected for holding the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) online entrance examinations and also asked for the copy of all the bids for the tenders received. He was told the information was not available and couldn't be provided at this point of time as the bid evaluation was under process.
Either university lied or RTI reply is a lie: Balaji
"After the academic council meeting on December 7, the varsity had said that the National Testing Agency had agreed to conduct the computer-based entrance examinations. Either they were lying then or the RTI reply is a lie," the JNUSU president said.
Balaji also questioned JNU over its fund paucity claims
Balaji said he had also sought for a copy of the advertisement for the tender bids for holding the examinations. "The RTI reply said the tender documents were uploaded on the Central Public Procurement Portal which is in the public domain. But the details haven't been uploaded on the website," he alleged. Balaji also questioned the varsity over its claims of paucity of funds.
Conducting online examination much more expensive than offline, claims Balaji
"If the varsity is facing a paucity of funds, how is it conducting the online entrance examinations, which require a huge amount of funds?" said Balaji. He claimed the cost of holding online entrance exams at more than 72 centers was anywhere between Rs. 8 crore to Rs. 11 crore, whereas the cost of holding the examinations using paper was around Rs. 3 crore.
