<p>Still reeling under the shock of the answer script scam that surfaced two months ago, postgraduate medical students at the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) are grappling with yet another shocker. <br /><br /></p>.<p>In the examination results declared last week, students of Master of Physiotherapy (MPT) have found that most of them have failed the exams held in April and May this year. While in some colleges the entire batch has not cleared the exams, in others, barely a student or two have managed to pass with minimum marks. <br /><br />The issue is especially worrisome as, in August 2014, the university officials grappled with the answer script scam that came to light after they received an anonymous letter. Some answer scripts of postgraduate exams were found to have been re-stitched after extra sheets were added to them. The exam results were delayed on this account. <br /><br />Coming six months after the exams were held, this fiasco threatens to jeopardise the students’ career. The inexplicable results were declared on October 7, 2014. A second-year MPT student said the results were of the final exam of the first year of the course. “In my class, no one has cleared the exams. In case of seniors in our college (the batch that has passed this year) whose results were also declared last week, only one student has cleared the exam and that too by securing only the minimum passing marks,” the student told Deccan Herald. <br /><br />The batch that has just completed the course is in a quandary as many students would have landed jobs while awaiting the results. But not clearing the exams means they risk losing their jobs. <br /><br />Students may quit<br />At another college in Bangalore, just three out of 25 students have cleared the exams. Many of them are depressed about the course and are considering leaving the university itself. “There is no transparency in the valuation process. How can the majority of students fail in a professional course at Masters’ level,” an agitated student wondered. <br />What complicates the matter for the students is that the supplementary exams are scheduled for October 27. With less than a fortnight, they are unsure about the preparations. That’s not all. <br /><br />Even if they fail a single paper, they will have to reappear for all the papers, including the practical exams. <br /><br />The situation does not get any better by the fact that students cannot apply for revaluation but only re-totalling. If the problem has occurred because of faulty valuation, their results will not look any better by mere re-totalling of marks. <br /><br />RGUHS Registrar (Evaluation) S Sachidanand acknowledged that he was aware of the poor results. “We will look into it. We have to check whether the students have done poorly in practical exams or in theory. But at this juncture, the university cannot commit to revaluation of the scripts. The scripts have already been evaluated twice.” <br /><br /></p>
<p>Still reeling under the shock of the answer script scam that surfaced two months ago, postgraduate medical students at the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) are grappling with yet another shocker. <br /><br /></p>.<p>In the examination results declared last week, students of Master of Physiotherapy (MPT) have found that most of them have failed the exams held in April and May this year. While in some colleges the entire batch has not cleared the exams, in others, barely a student or two have managed to pass with minimum marks. <br /><br />The issue is especially worrisome as, in August 2014, the university officials grappled with the answer script scam that came to light after they received an anonymous letter. Some answer scripts of postgraduate exams were found to have been re-stitched after extra sheets were added to them. The exam results were delayed on this account. <br /><br />Coming six months after the exams were held, this fiasco threatens to jeopardise the students’ career. The inexplicable results were declared on October 7, 2014. A second-year MPT student said the results were of the final exam of the first year of the course. “In my class, no one has cleared the exams. In case of seniors in our college (the batch that has passed this year) whose results were also declared last week, only one student has cleared the exam and that too by securing only the minimum passing marks,” the student told Deccan Herald. <br /><br />The batch that has just completed the course is in a quandary as many students would have landed jobs while awaiting the results. But not clearing the exams means they risk losing their jobs. <br /><br />Students may quit<br />At another college in Bangalore, just three out of 25 students have cleared the exams. Many of them are depressed about the course and are considering leaving the university itself. “There is no transparency in the valuation process. How can the majority of students fail in a professional course at Masters’ level,” an agitated student wondered. <br />What complicates the matter for the students is that the supplementary exams are scheduled for October 27. With less than a fortnight, they are unsure about the preparations. That’s not all. <br /><br />Even if they fail a single paper, they will have to reappear for all the papers, including the practical exams. <br /><br />The situation does not get any better by the fact that students cannot apply for revaluation but only re-totalling. If the problem has occurred because of faulty valuation, their results will not look any better by mere re-totalling of marks. <br /><br />RGUHS Registrar (Evaluation) S Sachidanand acknowledged that he was aware of the poor results. “We will look into it. We have to check whether the students have done poorly in practical exams or in theory. But at this juncture, the university cannot commit to revaluation of the scripts. The scripts have already been evaluated twice.” <br /><br /></p>
