To save time, MU to email copies of answer scripts to students who apply for re-evaluation

Manasi Nirgude, a final-year engineering student, said, “Even though I did well in all my fourth-semester papers, I failed in one. I applied for a photocopy, but did not receive it till the fifth semester exams were over. As a result, I had to appear for the substitute exam for that subject. As I did well in the re-exam I did not bother to pursue for re-evaluation then.”

Senate member Sanjay Vairal said even though the university issued the photocopies by charging Rs 100 from students, there was no point in students being issued the same if they had to re-appear for the exams without knowing whether they had failed or if there was some mistake in the original assessment of the answer-sheet. “It is the students right to get the photocopy of the answer-sheet within a given time frame as per the high court guidelines. But till now it was being flouted,” said Vairal.

Bhonde added, “The system of emailing scanned copies was proposed after considering the problems faced by students. After applying for photocopies, students will not have to wait for long anymore. They will be sent the scanned copies of their answer-sheets through email. We have installed scanners for this purpose and it will not take more than a week for applications to be processed.”

Students can take printouts of the answer-sheets and get them assessed privately. If there are any discrepancies in marking, students can inform the examination section, who will re-assess the answer-sheets to verify the claims of students. An official said the process too would be done within a set time frame so that students get the corrected result within a fortnight. “At present, the new system has been implemented for engineering students. It will be available for law students with immediate effect,” said Bhonde.

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