Rajasthan: Panel for 2nd & 3rd year university exams, submits report to government

JAIPUR: The committee formed for sending recommendations to the state government on the fate of university examinations has suggested the need to conduct second and third year varsity final examinations on priority.
The panel submitted its report to higher education minister Bhanwar Singh Bhati on Thursday.
The five-member committee consisting of various vice-chancellors of the state and senior educational officials said that majority of them were of the opinion that examinations should be conducted even if it meant that the dates be delayed further.
A panel member told TOI that most people were in support of conducting the examinations of all the years. “As per the university policy, a student’s marks for two years are necessary for evaluation and validation of degree. Barring final year students, we promoted the rest in 2020. This year exams have to be conducted for them. First year students can be promoted if the situation turns worse,” the committee member said.
The final announcement will be made by chief minister Ashok Gehlot and Bhati.
Academics said there is problem in evaluating students without examinations where there’s no semester system. In universities and colleges with semester system, internal marking throughout the year with various tests can be helpful to evaluate students without examinations.
But in majority of institutions where more than 14 lakh students are studying, having just the final examinations and to universalise a formula for everyone is difficult. There have been several complaints in the past when every university charted out its own formula of evaluating students which many students claimed it to be unfair.