Mumbai University: Declare psychology results void, say teachers

If you are a thirdyear Bachelor of Arts TYBA psychology student of Mumbai University MU who scored a full 100 marks or a zero in the semesterV exams donrsquot get too happy or dejected yet Teachers of psychology at all colleges affiliated with MU have demanded that the TYBA results announced on April 29 be declared null and void following major goofupsMU declared the results around 11 pm on Saturday However teachers and moderators were shocked to find that the entire batchclass of students or rather the majority from colleges in Chiplun Khopoli Shahpur and Ulhasnagar were marked as failed Many students in city colleges also ended up getting zero while many others scored 100 out of 100 and 99 out of 100MU declared the results around 11 pm on Saturday Representation picThe teachers alleged that MU also failed to add marks awarded to students in internal exams in the final mark sheets ldquoIn the citybased Thakur Ramnarayan College of Arts and Commerce two students were absent for an exam but despite marking them absent they were given marks in the subjectrdquo a teacher said adding there are also instances of students who have appeared for exams being marked absentAlso read Open defecation A common sight on Mumbai Universitys Kalina campusAccording to another teacher in the lsquoAbnormal Psychologyrsquo subject some students have been awarded 100 out of 100 marks while some have been given two marks and many a zero ldquoIn a theory subject like psychology one cannot get full marks nor can they get zero It is impossible for students to not write anything and score a zero Besides there are 20 marks for internalpractical exams and it seems they have not been addedrdquo she saidThe teacher added that the issue was discussed with all the professors and it was concluded that no one had awarded any students a score of zero or 100 ldquoMany students who received 100 and 90 marks scored 580 and 570 respectively out of 600 This is not even achieved by gold medallistsrdquo Teachers have already approached the examination department to resolve the issue but the goofup is still unclearldquoWe are meeting the director of the board of examinations today and demand that the marks be checked and recalculated after which the results be made public once again The results declared on Saturday should be declared invalidrdquo said a teacher from a wellknown college in the western suburbsTeachers say it is impossible to score full marks in a subject like psychology Representation picWhile there have been issues over the declaration of results every year this year has been riddled with goofups Recently the results of many thirdyear Business Management Studies BMS students and LLB SemesterV from different colleges affiliated with MU were kept in reserve and students had to reach out to the exam department and provide proof that they were present The answer sheets of a few LLB students had also gone missingSubhash Athawale general secretary of the Mumbai University and College Teachers Association MUCTA said ldquoThe goofups and uncertainty in MU results should not be overlooked The issue needs to be looked into by the provicechancellor and director of the board of examinations and appropriate action must be initiatedrdquo Further he appealed to Maharashtra Governor Ramesh Bais and the chancellors of all state universities to intervene in such matters as such goofups have become a frequent affairWhen contacted Dr Prasad Karande director of the Board of Examinations and Evaluation at MU said there are multiple issues that have resulted in the situation ldquoStudents have been marked absent or the results are reserved because the wrong subject code or seat numbers have been mentioned There are several colleges that have failed to give us the marks awarded for internal examsrdquo Dr Karande saidRegarding several students being awarded 100 marks Dr Karande said a large number of students had complained about outofsyllabus questions in the exam ldquoAfter reviewing the issue with the subject teachers and the subject chairman we decided to give grace marks to those students who attempted these questions There was some confusion here and when additional marks were added the studentrsquos final scores reached 100rdquo he said adding that the situation is being investigated and corrections will be made where requiredApril 29Day results were declared20Marks for internal tests not added