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‘My parents and teachers are surprised’

Staff Reporter

Bangalore: “I have throughout scored not less than 60 per cent in my degree examinations. However, according to the recently declared fifth semester results, I have failed in chemistry paper by scoring just seven marks. My parents and teachers are surprised and I am heart-broken,” said Shruthi Kulkarni, sixth semester B.Sc. student from BMS College.

There are several students like Shruthi who have scored single-digit marks in the chemistry and biochemistry papers of fifth semester examinations of Bangalore University. Student leaders claimed that more than 80 per cent of students who had appeared for the fifth semester examinations had failed in the chemistry and biochemistry papers, with most of them securing single digit marks.

Jayashree B., sixth semester B.Sc. student from SJR College for Women, said that 35 students from her class appeared for the fifth semester examination, of whom only five passed.

“Even students who had been scoring first class marks have failed. The same thing happened when we were in the third semester. We applied for revaluation. We have been waiting for results for one-and-half years now,” she said.

Shwetha K., a sixth semester student from BMS College, said that students were an inconvenienced lot as the university does not declare results on time.

“Every year, we have to fight with officials to get our results. In the end, we are the one who are most affected,” she said. She said that several students, who had been selected by firms in the campus recruitment, were at a loss now.

“There is no light at the end of the tunnel for us. We can neither apply for revaluation nor can we be assured of a job. We have to waste one whole year,” she said.

Shruthi G., sixth semester student from SJR College for Women, said that even if they were eligible, some students cannot apply for revaluation. “It is a very expensive exercise. We will have to spend close to Rs. 1,000 a paper. The university is playing with our lives,” she charged.

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