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Daltonganj, May 23: Nilamber Pitamber University (NPU) continues to face significant challenges. While Kolhan University in Chaibasa, established after delays at Nilamber Pitamber University, runs its academic sessions on schedule, Nilamber Pitamber has yet to start the PG session for 2024-26, with no admissions for the 2024-25 postgraduate courses.
The university’s academic calendar is frequently months behind schedule. This is largely due to shortages of faculty and resources, along with a lack of sufficient institutional drive to improve performance.
Vice Chancellor of this university, Dr Prof Dinesh Kumar Singh, has this comment, “There is no dearth of talent here in the university but what lacks here is the will to perform and deliver.”
“Imagine a draft for approval (DFA) takes almost a day to get a memo number. There is a sad management of time,” opined the VC.
“I have firm faith that officials here will do good to students here”, added the VC.
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Mishaps Disrupt Ongoing Final Semester UG Exams
Then there are unforeseen situations like mishappenings. Mishaps marred the ongoing Nilamber Pitamber University’s sixth and final semester exam of UG courses on Tuesday, May 20 and Wednesday, May 21.
One male examinee of the Gulab Chand Prasad Agrawal Degree College, Chhaterpur, 48 kms from Daltonganj, was hurt when the glass pane of the window of the examination room broke down and scattered following a strong and heavy gust of wind.
Principal of Gulab Chand Prasad Agrawal Degree College, Akhilesh Kumar Singh, told this correspondent on Thursday, ” Our second sitting exam of the sixth and final semester was on when came a strong hurricane.”
“Glass pane of the window of the examination room broke down and its one splinter hurt a male examinee. The examinee was given first aid on the spot, who showed courage and wrote his exam well,” added the principal, Singh.
Vice Chancellor of the Nilamber Pitamber University said, “Late Wednesday evening I was apprised of this mishap by the OSD Exam Dr Gaurav Srivastav.”
“I have directed the concerned centre superintendent of this college to ensure proper medication is made available to the examinee who so got hurt”, added the VC.
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Special Arrangements for Pregnant and Lactating Examinees
In another episode, a girl examinee appeared at the Janta Shivratri College exam centre on Wednesday, who was found ‘afflicted with measles’.
Centre superintendent of the Janta Shivratri College, Dr Ashwini Kumar Vaidya, told this correspondent on Thursday, “We immediately allotted a separate seat to this measles-loaded examinee. She wrote her paper despite her affliction.”
OSD Exam Dr Gaurav Srivastav informed, “There came an examinee who was in her advanced stage of pregnancy on Tuesday.”
This advanced-stage pregnant examinee was ‘allowed to write lying down on the floor’ to save her, as she complained of acute back pain.
Vice Chancellor Dr Singh said, “I have specifically asked the exam teams of our 17 exam centres to take proper care of those examinees who are in the various stages of pregnancy or are lactating mothers.”
“Guardians and husbands of pregnant examinees should bring with them towel, sheet, pillow in case their wards need them to write exam lying down. The exam centres will see that no inconvenience is caused to such examinees,” assorted the VC.
Controller In-charge of the University Exams, Dr Ajit Seth, said, “There is no sitting of exams here when one or two lactating examinees do not seek space and privacy outside the exam room/ hall for breastfeeding their crying babies who remain in the lap of their relatives waiting outside of the exam centre.”
“We can’t deny a mother examinee her breastfeeding but the time lost in it is uncompensatory, as such lactating examinees are to submit their answer books within the stipulated time,” said the university official.
Exam Absenteeism Prompt Detailed Review
Meanwhile, under orders of the VC, OSD Exam Dr Gaurav Srivastav and PRO Dr Vineeta Dixit have started issuing exam bulletins in the evening focusing on the number of examinees absenting from the exams.
“Social and economic environs in the radius of the colleges are to be analysed to ascertain the factors behind the huge gap between admission and participation in the exam. The gap is critical,” the VC said.
