Colleges urge GU to conduct FY, SY exams
A World is moving toward centralize process while Gujarat University want decentralize exam system.
A body representing college principals urged the Gujarat University (GU) on Thursday to reconsider its decision of not conducting examinations for first-year and second-year students. The association said that if colleges were allowed to hold exams in FY and SY, then quality of students would decline.
Earlier this year, the varsity had announced its decision to give up the responsibility of conducting exams in the aforesaid years. It said that it would hold tests for only third-year students. Academicians say the move will reduce GU’s burden, but it will lead to malpractice by colleges, who may try to favour their students or issue marksheets to undeserving candidates.
On Thursday, the association of college principals raised these concerns in front of GU V-C Parimal Trivedi. It said that marksheets issued by colleges to FY and SY students might not be recognised by foreign institutes. “FY and SY marksheets will lose significance if GU does not conduct exams in these years. Moreover, some disreputable colleges may make issuing marksheet a business,” a principal said.
He said that when colleges used to hold SY exams, several cases of cheating and malpractice were reported. “This had prompted the GU to conduct tests in all the three years. The university should continue with this practice,” he said.
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