PIL challenges Anna varsity’s new exam regulations
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:20.01.2019
A day after students across the city staged protests against the new exam regulations introduced by Anna University, an activist approached the Madras high court seeking to declare the rules illegal and void.
K M Karthik, an activist and former lecturer, wanted the court to pass an interim order against the operation of the rules till the final disposal of the plea.
Admitting the plea, a special division bench of Justice M Sathyanarayanan and Justice P Rajamanickam ordered notice to the university returnable by February 8.
According to the petitioner, the new regulation has forced the students to wait for more than a year to reappear for their backlog, which in turn has affected their placement prospects and higher studies aspirations.
The regulation allows students who had flunked exams in their odd semester exams (1,3,5 and 7 held in November) to take their arrears only next November and in March-April for even semester exams, Karthik said.
“No supplementary exam can be conducted soon after the results are out. The regulations also restrict the number of courses for which a student can reappear in a particular year. Students usually study five or six subjects (worth three or four credit points) per semester along with two lab courses (worth two credit points),” he added. A student can register for a maximum of 32 credits per semester. Of this, current semester courses consume 22 credits leaving students with just 10 for reappearance. This would mean a student can reappear for just three papers at a time.
Petitioner K M Karthik wanted the court to pass an interim order against the operation of the rules till the final disposal of the plea
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:20.01.2019
A day after students across the city staged protests against the new exam regulations introduced by Anna University, an activist approached the Madras high court seeking to declare the rules illegal and void.
K M Karthik, an activist and former lecturer, wanted the court to pass an interim order against the operation of the rules till the final disposal of the plea.
Admitting the plea, a special division bench of Justice M Sathyanarayanan and Justice P Rajamanickam ordered notice to the university returnable by February 8.
According to the petitioner, the new regulation has forced the students to wait for more than a year to reappear for their backlog, which in turn has affected their placement prospects and higher studies aspirations.
The regulation allows students who had flunked exams in their odd semester exams (1,3,5 and 7 held in November) to take their arrears only next November and in March-April for even semester exams, Karthik said.
“No supplementary exam can be conducted soon after the results are out. The regulations also restrict the number of courses for which a student can reappear in a particular year. Students usually study five or six subjects (worth three or four credit points) per semester along with two lab courses (worth two credit points),” he added. A student can register for a maximum of 32 credits per semester. Of this, current semester courses consume 22 credits leaving students with just 10 for reappearance. This would mean a student can reappear for just three papers at a time.
Petitioner K M Karthik wanted the court to pass an interim order against the operation of the rules till the final disposal of the plea
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