Mixed response to MKU’s new system in examinations
NOVEMBER 08, 2018 00:00 IST
Hall tickets can now be downloaded by students
Madurai Kamaraj University’s new hall ticket issuance system allowing students of non-autonomous colleges affiliated to it to directly download hall tickets has received mixed response.
The system has largely been welcomed by students except for technical glitches faced by many during downloading of the hall tickets. A section of faculty and administrative staff in colleges, however, say the new system has taken away control from them.
Until now, all colleges sent their staff to the university to collect printed copies of the hall tickets, which were subsequently distributed to students by their administration.
“Under that system, control lay with the colleges. Issuance of hall tickets is the last weapon we have to ensure that students cleared all pending fees and other dues. With the new system, there is no way to enforce this,” the Principal of an affiliated college in Virudhunagar district pointed out.
According to a faculty member of a constituent college, the new system also made it difficult to ensure that students with shortage of attendance are not allowed to sit for exam.
“We send the list of eligible students to the university much before the examination after calculating their attendance at the time. However, there is a possibility that they may miss classes later, resulting in shortage of attendance,” the faculty member said.
As per MKU regulations, a student must maintain a minimum of 75% attendance to appear for the examinations. Students have to pay a fine if it falls between 60% and 75%. When the attendance hovers between 50% and 60%, they will be allowed to appear for the exams only in the subsequent semester along with fine. If it falls below 50%, students must redo their semester. The regulations cannot be enforced under the new system.
Some of the colleges are attempting to circumvent the new system by enforcing an additional condition that the hall tickets will be considered valid only if it carries a seal from the college, the faculty member said. “So, the students have to download the hall ticket and bring them to the college to get the seal.”
Welcoming the new system, the Principal of another college in Madurai says the university can make it a win-win situation by giving online access to colleges to download the hall tickets and distribute them to students. “This will also avoid heavy traffic to the university’s website as it happened this time and the server crashed.”
The new system has been introduced with the interest of students in mind, says O. Ravi, Controller of Examination, MKU. “While colleges are raising their concerns now, we hear from students that many colleges are using hall tickets as a tool to charge unnecessary fee and threaten them.”
Colleges can find other ways to collect the fee that are legitimately due instead of using hall tickets as a tool, he adds.
We hear from students that many colleges are using hall tickets as a tool to charge unnecessary fee
O. Ravi
Controller of Examination, MKU
NOVEMBER 08, 2018 00:00 IST
Hall tickets can now be downloaded by students
Madurai Kamaraj University’s new hall ticket issuance system allowing students of non-autonomous colleges affiliated to it to directly download hall tickets has received mixed response.
The system has largely been welcomed by students except for technical glitches faced by many during downloading of the hall tickets. A section of faculty and administrative staff in colleges, however, say the new system has taken away control from them.
Until now, all colleges sent their staff to the university to collect printed copies of the hall tickets, which were subsequently distributed to students by their administration.
“Under that system, control lay with the colleges. Issuance of hall tickets is the last weapon we have to ensure that students cleared all pending fees and other dues. With the new system, there is no way to enforce this,” the Principal of an affiliated college in Virudhunagar district pointed out.
According to a faculty member of a constituent college, the new system also made it difficult to ensure that students with shortage of attendance are not allowed to sit for exam.
“We send the list of eligible students to the university much before the examination after calculating their attendance at the time. However, there is a possibility that they may miss classes later, resulting in shortage of attendance,” the faculty member said.
As per MKU regulations, a student must maintain a minimum of 75% attendance to appear for the examinations. Students have to pay a fine if it falls between 60% and 75%. When the attendance hovers between 50% and 60%, they will be allowed to appear for the exams only in the subsequent semester along with fine. If it falls below 50%, students must redo their semester. The regulations cannot be enforced under the new system.
Some of the colleges are attempting to circumvent the new system by enforcing an additional condition that the hall tickets will be considered valid only if it carries a seal from the college, the faculty member said. “So, the students have to download the hall ticket and bring them to the college to get the seal.”
Welcoming the new system, the Principal of another college in Madurai says the university can make it a win-win situation by giving online access to colleges to download the hall tickets and distribute them to students. “This will also avoid heavy traffic to the university’s website as it happened this time and the server crashed.”
The new system has been introduced with the interest of students in mind, says O. Ravi, Controller of Examination, MKU. “While colleges are raising their concerns now, we hear from students that many colleges are using hall tickets as a tool to charge unnecessary fee and threaten them.”
Colleges can find other ways to collect the fee that are legitimately due instead of using hall tickets as a tool, he adds.
We hear from students that many colleges are using hall tickets as a tool to charge unnecessary fee
O. Ravi
Controller of Examination, MKU
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