No CU mark sheets for 65 students

Mou Chakraborty,
Kolkata, April 27,
Sixty-five students of Part I (Bachelor in music) of Bengal Music College, has been waiting for their mark sheets for two-and-a-half months as Calcutta University is facing a shortage of stationary.
The BA music results were declared on February 23. “We were amazed to see that the college authorities had put up a hand written list. We are not sure whether it was send by the university. And now there is no news of our mark sheets,” said a student on conditition of anonymity.
When HT asked controller of exams, Onkarsadhan Adhikari, about the mark sheets delay, he said, “We are aware of the problem. The students will get their mark sheets in a few days time. The stationary shortage delayed us.”
However, parents are not happy with the explanation. “How can the university come up with such a trivial reason? They have been publishing the marksheet of lakhs of students every year, but they do not have the stationary to publish the marksheet of 65 students! Even if there were no stationary, why would it take over two months to get it? Every time the students go to the university, they are told that the mark sheet will be handed over ‘next week.’ The university is playing with the future of our children, we fear they have lost the answer scripts,” said a parent on condition of anonymity.
On top of this, the university has given a June 20 date for the Part II exam. Agitated, some parents are thinking of going to court. “If they do not give the mark sheets by next week, then we will move court,” said one of the parents.
Unsure about marks acquired in Part I, the students are getting ready to take their Part II exam from June 20. “We are not even sure whether we have passed in all subjects. Only after seeing our Part I result, we could have known in which subjects we need to concentrate more. However, we fear that if we protest we may be victimised,” said another student.
The principal of the college, professor Swapan Nashkar, feels that the university is discriminating against his college. “Publishing the mark sheets is not in my hand. The results which were put up on the notice board was hand written and had no stamp or signature of the university authorities. It is a mystery to us; we really do not know why the university is taking so much time in publishing the mark sheets,” he said. “Actually with so many streams and modern subjects to look after, we feel that the university is not bothered about our college,” Nashkar added. mou.hindustantimes@yahoo.com