<p>Bengaluru: Taking cognisance of students at many of its affilited colleges resorting to underhanded measures to obtain their BEd degree, Bangalore University (BU) convened a meeting attended by the college principals, who were told to compulsorily install a bio-metric attendance system for students and staff.</p>.<p>Complaints have ranged from students with zero attendance being allowed to appear for examinations to instances of impersonation. “The attendance system is being made compulsory primarily to crack down on unauthorised admissions,” a senior BU official said.</p>.<p>Worse still, there have been reports of the college management either being blind to this practice or colluding with candidates to secure their admission, the official added. “The biometric attendance system will help us verify the identity of the students, besides enabling us to monitor their attendance,” said the official.</p>.<p>A total of 2,800 students have enrolled for BEd course at BU’s 30 affiliate colleges. “University authorities will pay surprise visits to colleges to ascertain whether students are regular to class,” the senior official said.</p>.<p>Principals of the colleges were warned of losing their affiliation if the institutions were found violating the varsity’s norms.</p>.<p>BU Registrar (Evaluation) C Srinivas confirmed that the varsity had received complaints about the manner in which the BEd programme was being run at many constituent colleges. “We have laid down some regulations that the colleges will have to abide by,” he added.</p>.<p>This is not the first time that problems have arisen in connection with the BEd programme offered by BU. Then BU Vice-Chancellor Dr N Prabhu Dev had constituted a task force to compile a report on the problems plaguing the course. The members, who were tasked with visiting all affiliate colleges, found that some of the institutions were not to found at the specified address. The task force found agents promising admission to the course through fraudulent means as well as those peddling fake degree certificates.</p>.<p><strong>Marks cards not issued</strong></p>.<p>Some of BU’s affiliate colleges have been accused of delaying issuance of marks cards to students who have completed their respective degrees. The management of these colleges have been issued a stern warning, a senior varsity official said.</p>
<p>Bengaluru: Taking cognisance of students at many of its affilited colleges resorting to underhanded measures to obtain their BEd degree, Bangalore University (BU) convened a meeting attended by the college principals, who were told to compulsorily install a bio-metric attendance system for students and staff.</p>.<p>Complaints have ranged from students with zero attendance being allowed to appear for examinations to instances of impersonation. “The attendance system is being made compulsory primarily to crack down on unauthorised admissions,” a senior BU official said.</p>.<p>Worse still, there have been reports of the college management either being blind to this practice or colluding with candidates to secure their admission, the official added. “The biometric attendance system will help us verify the identity of the students, besides enabling us to monitor their attendance,” said the official.</p>.<p>A total of 2,800 students have enrolled for BEd course at BU’s 30 affiliate colleges. “University authorities will pay surprise visits to colleges to ascertain whether students are regular to class,” the senior official said.</p>.<p>Principals of the colleges were warned of losing their affiliation if the institutions were found violating the varsity’s norms.</p>.<p>BU Registrar (Evaluation) C Srinivas confirmed that the varsity had received complaints about the manner in which the BEd programme was being run at many constituent colleges. “We have laid down some regulations that the colleges will have to abide by,” he added.</p>.<p>This is not the first time that problems have arisen in connection with the BEd programme offered by BU. Then BU Vice-Chancellor Dr N Prabhu Dev had constituted a task force to compile a report on the problems plaguing the course. The members, who were tasked with visiting all affiliate colleges, found that some of the institutions were not to found at the specified address. The task force found agents promising admission to the course through fraudulent means as well as those peddling fake degree certificates.</p>.<p><strong>Marks cards not issued</strong></p>.<p>Some of BU’s affiliate colleges have been accused of delaying issuance of marks cards to students who have completed their respective degrees. The management of these colleges have been issued a stern warning, a senior varsity official said.</p>
