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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (CLP)
Mangalore, Sep 11: Students of Vivekananda College, Puttur who failed in their final semester LLB exams conducted by Karnataka State Law University have blamed the evaluators for their plight.
Addressing a press meet here on Friday September 11, Asma, a law student of the college, said, "Out of 28 students of my class, more than 20 are facing similar issues. The highest score in the class is 56 percent which is truly horrifying. Majority of the students are silent due to the fear of action from the university. We demand revaluation of the papers so that justice is done."
Prameela, another student of the same course, revealed shocking facts regarding the evaluation of her 2nd semester answer sheets.
"I had failed in one of the subjects in the second semester and even after revaluation the result was the same. I then wrote the re-exam, after which I received the marks card of the previous semester exam I had answered. I found that I had actually passed, and I need not have written the re-exam at all. I also got marks card of the re-exam, in which I passed. The whole system of Karnataka State Law University is shocking."
Tahir Hussain, president of the Human Rights and Corruption Eradication Union, Puttur taluk pointed out the negligence of evaluators when the evaluation of the answer sheets of the tenth semesterLLB exams.
He said, "The students Asma and Prameela had written the exam of final year LLB exam in the month of June 2014. The evaluation of the answer sheets was done in Hubli. To the surprise of the students both the students had failed in one subject each and even after the re-evaluation the result was the same. When Asma obtained a copy of the answer sheet through RTI and consulted the lecturers of same college and another college they came to the conclusion that she was supposed to get 55 marks out of 100, and not 28 as declared after revaluation. This seems to be the result of irresponsible evaluation of the answer sheets and since it is the question of the future of the students, the answer sheets have to be revaluated again and justice has to be served to the students. The concerned officials should take a stern action against the evaluators so that this mistake is not repeated in the future."
The students later informed that they will serve a notice to the university and a copy will be sent to the governor and to the home minister of the state and a writ petition regarding the result too will be filed in the high court of Karnataka.
Secretary of the association Chanda Rai and Abdul Ansar, a student of Vivekananda College were present.