11 May, 2007
PATNA: Patna University (PU) has been facing acute shortage of invigilators for conducting its ongoing examinations smoothly. In some cases, even the services of research scholars and ad hoc teachers are being utilised to meet the shortage of invigilators and ensure the conduct of fair examination. As the BA, BSc and BCom Part I (honours) examinations of PU are commencing on Friday, the authorities are busy preparing the list of invigilators for different centres of examinations. PU needs more than 500 invigilators for 10,400 examinees, but the total number of teachers in the university, including principals and heads of post-graduate departments, is hardly 450. Due to the ever increasing enrolment of students at the PU’s Directorate of Distance Education (DDE), the number of examinees of three-year Degree course keeps on swelling. PU had to face a Herculean task this year in selecting venues for examination of such a large number of students. After hectic search, PU has selected as many as 13 centres to accommodate over 10,000 examinees. These centres include National Institute of Technology (NIT), Darbhanga House, ancient Indian history and archaeology department, education department and all the colleges of PU. Patna College has been made a centre of 2,000 examinees even as it has got only 70 teachers for invigilation work. Darbhanga House alone has been allotted 600 examinees needing 35 invigilators. Eventually services of research scholars have been requisitioned for invigilation work, said college principal Ran Vijay Kumar. With 1,700 examinees, B N College is also facing shortage of invigilators, said principal Ramesh Prasad. Patna Science College principal SN Guha told TOI that the examination scenario has been confounded due to scheduling of two "heavy" examinations in two sittings on a single day. While the Degree Part I examination is scheduled in the first sitting (10 am to 1 pm), the MA, MSc and MCom Part II examinations are to be held in the second sitting (2 pm to 5 pm). He had requested the university authorities to take these two examinations on two different dates, but his plea was ignored. Most college principals and heads of PG departments of PU feel that the examinations of PU could be well managed by bifurcating the examinations of regular courses and distance education. At least 50 per cent of total examinees belong to DDE and a separate examination could be arranged for them. This view was expressed by the principals and heads at a meeting held recently under the chairmanship of PU vice chancellor YC Simhadri. Meanwhile, PU assistant controller of examinations said no decision has been taken so far by the university on the issue of law examinations which are being boycotted by the students. A decision on this issue will be taken by the examination board, he added.
PATNA: Patna University (PU) has been facing acute shortage of invigilators for conducting its ongoing examinations smoothly. In some cases, even the services of research scholars and ad hoc teachers are being utilised to meet the shortage of invigilators and ensure the conduct of fair examination. As the BA, BSc and BCom Part I (honours) examinations of PU are commencing on Friday, the authorities are busy preparing the list of invigilators for different centres of examinations. PU needs more than 500 invigilators for 10,400 examinees, but the total number of teachers in the university, including principals and heads of post-graduate departments, is hardly 450. Due to the ever increasing enrolment of students at the PU’s Directorate of Distance Education (DDE), the number of examinees of three-year Degree course keeps on swelling. PU had to face a Herculean task this year in selecting venues for examination of such a large number of students. After hectic search, PU has selected as many as 13 centres to accommodate over 10,000 examinees. These centres include National Institute of Technology (NIT), Darbhanga House, ancient Indian history and archaeology department, education department and all the colleges of PU. Patna College has been made a centre of 2,000 examinees even as it has got only 70 teachers for invigilation work. Darbhanga House alone has been allotted 600 examinees needing 35 invigilators. Eventually services of research scholars have been requisitioned for invigilation work, said college principal Ran Vijay Kumar. With 1,700 examinees, B N College is also facing shortage of invigilators, said principal Ramesh Prasad. Patna Science College principal SN Guha told TOI that the examination scenario has been confounded due to scheduling of two "heavy" examinations in two sittings on a single day. While the Degree Part I examination is scheduled in the first sitting (10 am to 1 pm), the MA, MSc and MCom Part II examinations are to be held in the second sitting (2 pm to 5 pm). He had requested the university authorities to take these two examinations on two different dates, but his plea was ignored. Most college principals and heads of PG departments of PU feel that the examinations of PU could be well managed by bifurcating the examinations of regular courses and distance education. At least 50 per cent of total examinees belong to DDE and a separate examination could be arranged for them. This view was expressed by the principals and heads at a meeting held recently under the chairmanship of PU vice chancellor YC Simhadri. Meanwhile, PU assistant controller of examinations said no decision has been taken so far by the university on the issue of law examinations which are being boycotted by the students. A decision on this issue will be taken by the examination board, he added.
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