Nagpur: A shortage of valuers, combined with a mounting summer examination workload, has delayed the declaration of revaluation results at Nagpur University, leaving students anxious over pending mark revisions. According to university norms, the entire process of reassessment of answer books must be completed within 30 days from the due date of receipt of application.
Student Complaints
Students have complained that even over a month after applying for revaluation, the results for several papers are yet to be declared. In many cases, students have appeared for backlog exams even though the revaluation results for the same are awaited.
Shakeebur Rahman, an LLB fourth-semester student, said he applied for revaluation of two third-semester subjects on April 28. "Third-semester backlog exam for one of the subjects was held on Monday, and the next is scheduled on June 10. It has been more than 40 days, but my reassessment results are pending. Students who applied along with me are waiting. We all appeared in fourth-semester exams and had to again appear in an exam for a backlog paper about which we are not sure if it was actually required," he said.
University Response
The university has been able to announce only 95 reassessment results from BTech, MSc, BBA, BCom, BALLB, and LLB in the last 20 days. It conducted over 1,200 exams.
NU officials said over 60,000 to 70,000 applications for reassessment were received from postgraduate and undergraduate students. "Valuers have been asked to speed up reassessment. If more valuers report to work, we can clear the backlog of results early. But the pool of valuers has shrunk, and many are on summer vacation. We cannot push those available as it will put pressure on them, and ongoing summer exam valuation work may get affected," exam section officials said.
Additional Challenges
The university has also taken up the task of holding special exams for final-year students who missed the university summer exam due to a clash with entrance or competitive exams in May. Officials added that teaching staff vacancies have reached 50%, and fewer approved teachers are available. "Only approved teachers are assigned valuation work. In case full-time teachers are not available, part-timers are called, but they too need to have approved teacher status. Right now, summer exam valuation work is a priority, while the final year special exam will also add to the burden," they said.
Another hurdle is three different patterns running simultaneously. Exams are being held under the credit-based system, choice-based credit system, and NEP pattern at the same time.
