The result of first year engineering is out, and they are the worst ever in the history of Mumbai University. This year, only 19 per cent students have passed in all subjects, as opposed to 50 per cent last year. Only the best and the brightest make the cut and grab the limited number of seats available at engineering colleges. Then does it stand to logic that 81% of first-year engineering students in colleges affiliated to the University of Mumbai failed to clear their first semester exam this year. How come nobody is pointing a finger at the organization? Its the poor student who is bearing the brunt Students, who were under a lot of stress because of the delayed results, which were announced only mid-April. The fact that university gives a delayed result is not given any cognizance. Can they imagine the pressure the students are subjected to as they will not only have to give a re-test in the subjects they have failed in but also sit for their second semester exams at the same time. Re-evaluation takes time, and by the time they get our corrected scores, they would have already given their ATKT papers.
An engineering college principal speculated that the high failure rate could have been because of a glitch in the new system, which was introduced this year. He said: “The U n ive r s i t y had introduced a barcoding system, through which s t u d e n t s ’ marks are directly fed into the computer. Exam supervisors, paper evaluators, clerks and officials are new to the system. We cannot ignore the possibility of some students being marked absent as not everyone is well versed with the new technology. If that is the case, marks will be rectified through re-evaluation, but the process will take time.”
Is it really fair to inflict so much misery on our students for no fault of theirs? I as an individual refuse to accept that students can decide to perform badly en block.
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