73,000 Mumbai University students wrongly failed; no action against teachers
While 73,000 Mumbai University students were wrongly failed between April 2014 and August 2016, requiring them to apply for revaluation, no strict action has been taken against the teachers till now, an RTI reply revealed. A response to the RTI query stated the University did not take any action against the defaulting evaluators for failing students, who passed after applying for re-evaluation. Here's more.
Many students appeared for repeater exams as well
"What's the use of having rules and regulations when the university is not implementing it?" asked Vihar Durve, who filed the RTI. "Students are suffering because of the attitude of teachers towards paper assessment...in some cases, the re-evaluation results are delayed so students end up appearing for repeater exams only to find that they had cleared the paper in the first attempt," he said.
Teachers can't be punished for wrongly failing a student: Official
"If a student passed an exam after re-evaluation doesn't mean it's the fault of the previous examiner/moderator. Re-evaluation is meant to assess papers with a new perspective," said Arjun Ghatule, Director of Board of Examinations and Evaluation, adding they cannot punish teachers for such issues.
The findings of the RTI
The RTI query by Vivek had revealed that 2 lakh students had applied for re-evaluation of papers to the University of Mumbai between April 2014 and August 2016. Almost 73,000 students found out that they passed after re-evaluation which means almost 30% students passed a paper after being marked "fail" in the exams. "No teachers are being punished. How will this end?" asked Durve.
How much did MU earn from revaluation, photocopies of answer-booklets?
According to another 2016 RTI filed by Durve, between Apr'13 and Mar'14, MU earned Rs. 2.67cr from re-evaluation and Rs. 15.63L from photocopies of answer booklets. In the next two academic sessions, it collected Rs. 4.8cr as re-evaluation fees and Rs. 25.3L for photocopies.
