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DU evaluation process not transparent, claim teachers

Parul Sharma

‘The problem was rampant since the university did not have a seniority list’
The matter has been raised at the Academic Council meetings as well

NEW DELHI: Even as the results of the final examination of various courses taught at Delhi University are being declared, some faculty members have alleged that the process of evaluation is not very transparent.

Some teachers have claimed that faculty members who do not even teach a particular subject have been correcting the answer scripts of the same. They also alleged that some who were not even on the panel sent by a particular Department to the examination branch had become examiners.

However, these claim have been refuted by Dean of Examinations M.L. Singla.

A faculty member at Shri Ram College of Commerce who was one of the examiners this year has alleged that this practise has been going on for some time now. Another teacher at Sri Aurobindo College claimed that the problem was rampant since the University did not have a “seniority list”.

“It depends only on a teacher’s goodwill in the department. That’s why there are some teachers who despite possessing 20 years of experience haven’t checked many answer sheets. At the same time there are those who have only two years of experience and have a say in question papermaking and evaluation,” he added.

The matter has been raised at the Academic Council meetings as well.

Evaluation

As per the procedure for evaluation of answer sheets, different colleges send the names of teachers and their subject preference to all the departments. The heads of departments then modify the list in the wake of any retirements or ad hoc teachers becoming permanent.

That list is then sent to the examination branch that notifies the examiners about their evaluation duties.

Some faculty members feel the problem was more serious for candidates of School of Open Learning and Non-Collegiate Women’s Education Board.

“Since the number of students under these two is very large, a lot of times it happens that those who evaluate their answer sheets are not necessarily the ones who have taught those papers,” said a teacher.

However, Dr. Singla maintained there were no loopholes in the University mechanism.

Head of the English Department Shormishtha Panja also feels that the chances of any such problem are slim.

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