Times of India: Nagpur: Tuesday,
October 11, 2016.
Fearing that
his application would go unheeded like that of many other students, Bachelor of
Science (BSc) student Harshal Mehta of VMV College, Wardhaman Nagar, on Monday
filed a Right To Information (RTI) application with the Nagpur University exam
section seeking photocopies of his answer sheets.
Over the last
few days, TOI has been reporting how many students from different streams like BSc, engineering, law etc are facing problems
as Nagpur Univesity (NU) has failed to provide them revaluation results and
copies of answer sheets even after almost after two months.
"I am
sure the way things move at the Nagpur University, my request for photocopies
would never be met. I don't want to take any chances as I am aiming Common
Entrance Test (CAT) and I need to maintain good scores as cutoffs are generally
high for premier institutes," Harshal said.
In its Monday
report 'Student loses seat as reval comes late', TOI had highlighted how a
Bachelor of Computer Application (BCA) student, whose marks were wrongly
recorded 49%, later jumped substainially into seventies.
"I
scored 81% in first semester, 82% in second followed by 76% in third. I suspect
there was improper evaluation of my Maths paper I and paper II which brought my
fourth semester percentage down to 69%," Harshal said.
The delay in
receiving copies has not only compelled Mehta to file RTI but also challenge
the evaluation of his Maths paper. This, he said, made it all the more costly.
"The
exam fee was Rs 6oo for paper I and paper II. But the fee for getting copies is
Rs350 per subject. In addition, you need to pay Rs150 for challenging the
evaluation," explained Harshal.
Alleging
fleecing of students, Ankita Shah, who too had filed an RTI plea to get answer
sheet copies, said, "University should discontinue the revaluation system
if it can't give copies and results on time. While this process costs you
approximately Rs500, RTI costs only Rs40 beside you have the guarantee of
getting the copies within a month."
An RTI
applicant can also inspect any document, in this case corrected answer sheets,
by paying just Rs10, she added.
Ankita, a
student of Central India College of Law, had applied for a photocopy of her
answer sheet of Human Rights subject on July 24, 2015, by paying Rs350. More
than a month later, she was yet to get it. She played smart by applying for a
copy of the same under RTI. To her utter surprise, she received it just over a
week later, that too for just Rs40, from the same authorities.
Interestingly,
the University did not allow her to apply for revaluation on the basis of copy
obtained under RTI. Justifying NU's decision, then Controller of Examinations
(CoE) Anil Hirekhan (additional charge) had said that she must go through usual
procedure defined in the Maharashtra Universities Act, 1994, as there was no
mention of photocopy obtained through RTI.
CoE Neerja
Khaty's cell phone remained switched off while Pro-VC Pramod Yeole refused to
comment on the issue.
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