Deccan Herald: Jammu: Wednesday,
June 12, 2013.
Over 32,000
former students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels are waiting to
get their degree certificates from Jammu University, which includes students
from 2006 to 2011 batch.
The
university has not granted graduate and postgraduate certificates to 32,120
former students, including 26,564 graduates and 5,556 postgraduates, with delay
ranging from 2006-07 to 2010-11.
This
information was made public by the university in reply to an application under
the Right to Information Act.
“The total
number of successful candidates who have not been issued graduation degrees
from session 2006-07 onwards are 26,564,” the University stated in response to
the RTI query.
Postgraduates;
The total
number of postgraduate candidates eligible for degrees from session 2009
onwards are 2,256 of session 2010 and 3,300 of session 2011, the university
said.
Interestingly,
a student who completed her Bachelor’s degree in Medical Science from Jammu
University in 2008 is yet to get her degree from the institute, though she has
got her postgraduate degree certificate in Bio-Technology from a different
university.
“I got my
postgraduate degree, but I am still awaiting for the degree certificate of my
graduation, which I pursued from Jammu University,” said the student.
Another
student said, “I completed my graduation in Commerce in 2009-2010, and I
applied for the degree certificate. But till now I haven’t received my degree
certificate from the university. I could not even apply for the Service
Selection Commission (SSC) exam because of unavailability of the degree.”
On the
reasons behind the huge backlog, university officials did not come up with a
satisfactory answer. “More than 30,000 students graduate from the University of
Jammu every year, keeping that in mind these numbers are very less,” said
special secretary to the vice chancellor Jammu University, Jai Kumar Sharma.
Inordinate
delay;
On the
inordinate delay in awarding degrees to students, he called up the department
of Controller of Examinations and asked him to clear the backlog within a week.
He also
directed the Controller of Examinations to take corrective action against the
officials concerned.
The
Controller of Examinations, Keshav Sharma, who recently took over the
department, said, “I assure you that every possible step will be taken to
ensure that the degrees are awarded to students.”
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