Nagpur University mum on how many appeared for re-exam

NAGPUR: In a baffling development, the Nagpur University (NU) exam section didn’t release any data on number of students appearing in re-exam conducted for the October 9 goof up on Sunday.
Board of Examination and Evaluations director Prafulla Sabale didn’t answer TOI’s queries and calls till late in the evening.
The unavailability of re-exam data raised doubts among academic circles and activists who asked if any student actually appeared since it was a non-working day.
Former management council member Mahendra Nimbarte alleged the exam section was deliberately concealing the data as students failed to login. “Firstly, it is not clear if students were properly informed about the re-examination as it was Sunday. Secondly, there is possibility that some students appeared more than once in the exam. How is the exam section going to decide which paper to consider valid? Students are devoting so much time but unable to login for online exam,” he said.
Nimbarte, who is president of Padvidhar Mahasangh, accused the university of holding illegal examinations as the no schedule was being followed. “To achieve a certain success ratio, the university is allowing students to login at any time and appear in the exam. Is it a university exam or mock test,” he asked.
The Mahasangh president demanded that students should be given photocopies of answersheets. The NU has issued a circular asking students to apply at their college in case they missed online exams.
Meanwhile, a delegation of National Students Congress led by its state chief Sunil Gavhane will stage a demonstration outside NU main building on Ambazari bypass as part of the student body’s statewide campaign against online examininations on Monday.
NCP’s student wing has initiated ‘Vidyarathi Agni Pariskha’ over the chancellor BS Koshyari’s move to hold summer examinations for non-agricultural universities in the state.