THE JHARKHAND STORY NETWORK
Daltonganj, May 6: The Vice Chancellor has been most irked by undermarking in the internal assessment of subjects in undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Nilamber Pitamber University’s colleges and postgraduate departments.
There are complaints galore of as low a marking as 10 or 12 in 25 marks internal assessment.
Sources further said students having good connection with the concerned teacher or teachers in the department bag higher marks as high as 20 or 22 out of 25.
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Minimum 60% Marks Directive Issued
Vice Chancellor Dr Dinesh Kumar Singh taking a serious note of the undermarking in the internal assessment directed the officer on special duty of exam Gaurav Srivastav to convey to the teachers to award a minimum of 60 per cent of marks in the internal assessment.
“We are to motivate the students to write well and study well. Such a low and undermarking affects the spirit and zeal of the students,” reiterated the VC.
“A proper and judicious approach to the allotment of marks in the exams be it internal assessment or university exam is a healthy practice and our esteemed teachers are very capable of doing justice”, said the VC.
Zero Teacher Departments and Stopgap Measures
There are departments in colleges which have become Zero teacher department like English department in the J S College Daltonganj.
The university is going to have its 6th semester exam preceded by the internal assessment.
Departments which are zero teacher departments will find it difficult to go for internal assessment because of the zero-teacher position.
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Taking cognizance of the matter of the Zero teacher departments, the VC has directed the university exam officials to have a stopgap arrangement for the internal assessment by sending down teachers from one college to another where there is a zero teacher department.
Sources said that as for the English internal assessment in the JS College, which is a zero teacher department in English, the English teacher of Y S N Mahila College may be drafted. A notification to this effect is awaited.
The proactive stand of the VC is set to encourage students to provide good copies for internal assessment.
