Several students and managements of various colleges claimed that the University’s decision to introduce a single exam centre for foreign nationals might cause inconvenience to them.
BU had recently informed its affiliated colleges that all foreign nationals should take up exams at a single centre i.e at the Kristu Jayanti College. But several colleges have demanded a venue located closer to the City.
However, the University has declined to buy the distance theory proposed by the colleges. When the Deccan Herald contacted Bangalore University Registrar R M Ranganath, he ruled out that distance could adversely affect students.
“The University does not have the practice of consulting college principals while taking policy decisions. It is a pilot scheme introduced as part of the examination reforms. However, we shall analyse the feedback about the reform,” he noted.
Even though, the circular about single examination centre for foreign students was issued on October 19, the college managements did not respond to it, noted the registrar
“The Kristu Jayanti College has a sprawling campus and can accommodate 1,500 students. Hence, the committee chose the campus to impress upon the foreign students. Sadly, the move has backfired,” said a BU official.
However, the University officials are not ruffled by the outbursts of various colleges.
“The decision to provide a single exam centre was taken during a meeting of core committee on examination reforms, a week ago. It is a policy decision aimed at providing good ambience and special attention to foreign students,” observed T R Subramanya, Registrar (Evaluation).
A final decision on the issue will be taken only after the Vice- Chancellor returns from China on November 1.