Bangalore varsity comes up with some excuse for not starting the evaluation of B.Com. answerscripts

Updated on: Thursday, December 20, 2012

The valuation of the third and fifth semester B.Com. answerscripts of Bangalore University has been delayed. It was scheduled to commence on December 3 but hasn't started yet and this is bound to delay the results.

On Tuesday, over 400 valuators who reached the United Mission College on Mission Road were sent back for the fifth time. 
KM Nagaraj, president, Bangalore University College Teachers Association (BUCTA) said, "We reached the centre at 9.30am to find that the custodian wasn't there. We waited till 1pm, but nobody turned up. We tried contacting the BU registrar (evaluation), but he didn't take our calls."

BUCTA office-bearers say teachers have been reaching centres every morning but the varsity comes up with some excuse for not starting the evaluation. They added that the process at four colleges in the city has been suspended. "The problem is with the evaluation of BCom and BCA answersheets and affected centres include the United Mission College, City College, Mariyappa College and Maharani Arts College. They say that since custodians at these centres are to be changed, they have suspended the process," said Nagaraj.

According to BUCTA members, 3.5 lakh answersheets are to be valuated. BG Bhaskara, member, BUCTA said, "We informed varsity officials well in advance that the process will take at least 35-40 days, but to no avail. We were initially sent back because bar coding on answersheets was not complete. Then came the change in custodians. Classes will reopen on January 2 and we're left with no option but to attend classes in the morning and evaluate papers in the afternoon."

Varsity officials said the evaluation will go ahead smoothly from Wednesday. RK Somashekar, registrar, evaluation, BU, said, "Initially, the delay was due to a hold up in the installment of the scanning machine. The company which was supposed to install the machine delayed it as payment had not been made. Later, the academic council decided to change the custodian at some colleges. I assure you the process will go ahead smoothly from Wednesday. With around 400 evaluators, the work should be over in 20-25 days."

Somashekar also added that since the answersheets are of the third and fifth semester, the delay will not cause too many problems. "If it was the final semester, we'd have ensured there was no problem," he added.

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