The Calcutta University on Monday announced it would stick to its stand
of not deferring its final year exams of its three-year undergraduate courses
scheduled amid the forthcoming Assembly polls, despite the ongoing protests by
a section of students.
Speaking on the issue, Swagata Sen,
the Pro-Vice Chancellor of the university said: "Keeping the interests of
50,000 students in mind, we are not giving in to the demands of the 100 or so
students who wanted to postpone the examinations till after the polls. We are
not changing the schedule.” He confirmed that the schedule has been designed in
such a way that it does not clash with the exam dates."It is not on the
polling day, it is not on the day after the polling and neither it is on the
day before the polls," he said. "Combining both undergraduate and
postgraduate exams, teachers have to handle 24 lakh answer sheets. Since
accurate evaluation is important, postponing exams may impede the process of
evaluation,” he further added.
The university recently announced
that it would hold the BA/BSc/BCom Part III honors exam between April 1 and
April 13, while the West Bengal polls starts from April 4 and the rest of the
days of the seven-phase elections span between April 11, 17, 21 and 25 and May
5.
Sen also said that results need to be
published at the right time, otherwise thousands of students who wish to apply
to institutes outside the state and abroad will lose a year.
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