PaRCha - JNU - All Organisations - 2013 ID-56188
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22j10j 201..3 .
llFCOt'lffiG /!1C mvlf.ETDJG Of 25 OCT INCLUSION. INFRASTRUCTURE AND ACCOUNTABILITY: Reduce Viva Weightage ! Burning Questions Before the JNU Community Scrap Deiinking i .
Kamal M. Chenoy,SIS,JNU A.K. Ramakrishnan,SiS,JNU .
No Control of Corporate.
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Anand Kumar.sss,JNU Maninder Thakur,SSS,JNU .
Publishers Over .
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Sanjay Pandey,SIS,JNU,P.t::>luc:u~JNUiA G. Ajay,SSS,JNIJ .
JNU Press! .
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. Anuradha Chenoy,SIS,JNU D.K. Lobiyai,SG&SS,JNU.
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Double MCM l S.N. Malakar;SIS,JNU, K.J. Mukherjee.SI:ST,JNU .
Immediate Hostels ! ..:.... Bimol Akoijam,SSS,JNU · Kaushal Kumar,SLL&CS)NIJ .
and other demands Vivek Kumar,SSS,JNU .
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Why Viva Weightage Must be Reduced: Analysis of 2012 and 2013 Admission Results As we move ~owards theAcademic Council meeting of 25 October, it is important to reiterate that JNU's decision-making.
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t1odies have to uphold the principles of inclusion, social justice and affordable higher education. Our demands-such as .
roll"back ofthe delinking of the BNMA programme inS~. reduction of viva weightage, enhancement ofMCM and financial .
assistance, ensuring an open access model for the JNU Press and immediate construction of hostels-are part of our .
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v!s!or. of an affordable, inclusive campus and society. .
One ofthe key demands ofthe student communityto ensure more democratization ofthe admission process in .
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JNU has been reduction ofweightage ofviva marks. We have been pointing out that the high weightage ofviva marks .
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is a major structural block, allowing discriminatory trends and subjective biases to unduly influence the admission process. .
it h3s taken a sustained struggle by JNUSU to bring this issue to the forefront ofthe discourse in JNU. Foiiowing jNUSU's .
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l lltCC lU OIIO IJLvl i C.
.J v UO ~ 0.
....1~~'""'~,..,~ ,..,u,j ~~ h .-:. A~" ""'"'"-On an average, OBC stuqents scored 6% less than general category students in the written exam, while they ·.
score 1:1% less than general category students in the viva·voce. .
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-,.. When we consider the performance of ALL students who receive morE:! illan 40 mari<s in the writlen exam. .
Out of all the general category students who received more than 40 marks in the written, 30.4% students received b~tween0-10 in the viva voce. Another 30% received between 20-30 marks in the viva voce. Out ofaU the SC/ST students who received more than 40 marks in the written, 52.5% received between 0-1oin.
the viva voce! ONLY 12.7% received between 20-30 marks in the viva voce. Wher. they performed at par .
with general category students in the written exam (i.e. they all received more than 40 marks). .
rotest March from ObseNe CLASS BOYCOTT and Join PROTEST DHARNA .
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naa Dhaba, 9.30 from 1Oam onwards outside SSS-1. venue of AC MEET .
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PaRCha - JNU - All Organisations - 2013 ID-56188
.
.. .
22j10j 201..3 .
llFCOt'lffiG /!1C mvlf.ETDJG Of 25 OCT INCLUSION. INFRASTRUCTURE AND ACCOUNTABILITY: Reduce Viva Weightage ! Burning Questions Before the JNU Community Scrap Deiinking i .
Kamal M. Chenoy,SIS,JNU A.K. Ramakrishnan,SiS,JNU .
No Control of Corporate.
.
Anand Kumar.sss,JNU Maninder Thakur,SSS,JNU .
Publishers Over .
.
Sanjay Pandey,SIS,JNU,P.t::>luc:u~JNUiA G. Ajay,SSS,JNIJ .
JNU Press! .
.
. Anuradha Chenoy,SIS,JNU D.K. Lobiyai,SG&SS,JNU.
. ..·..
Double MCM l S.N. Malakar;SIS,JNU, K.J. Mukherjee.SI:ST,JNU .
Immediate Hostels ! ..:.... Bimol Akoijam,SSS,JNU · Kaushal Kumar,SLL&CS)NIJ .
and other demands Vivek Kumar,SSS,JNU .
..
. .
. . .
Why Viva Weightage Must be Reduced: Analysis of 2012 and 2013 Admission Results As we move ~owards theAcademic Council meeting of 25 October, it is important to reiterate that JNU's decision-making.
-' .
t1odies have to uphold the principles of inclusion, social justice and affordable higher education. Our demands-such as .
roll"back ofthe delinking of the BNMA programme inS~. reduction of viva weightage, enhancement ofMCM and financial .
assistance, ensuring an open access model for the JNU Press and immediate construction of hostels-are part of our .
.
v!s!or. of an affordable, inclusive campus and society. .
One ofthe key demands ofthe student communityto ensure more democratization ofthe admission process in .
.
JNU has been reduction ofweightage ofviva marks. We have been pointing out that the high weightage ofviva marks .
.
is a major structural block, allowing discriminatory trends and subjective biases to unduly influence the admission process. .
it h3s taken a sustained struggle by JNUSU to bring this issue to the forefront ofthe discourse in JNU. Foiiowing jNUSU's .
.
l lltCC lU OIIO IJLvl i C.
.J v UO ~ 0.
....1~~'""'~,..,~ ,..,u,j ~~ h .-:. A~" ""'"'"-On an average, OBC stuqents scored 6% less than general category students in the written exam, while they ·.
score 1:1% less than general category students in the viva·voce. .
.
-,.. When we consider the performance of ALL students who receive morE:! illan 40 mari<s in the writlen exam. .
Out of all the general category students who received more than 40 marks in the written, 30.4% students received b~tween0-10 in the viva voce. Another 30% received between 20-30 marks in the viva voce. Out ofaU the SC/ST students who received more than 40 marks in the written, 52.5% received between 0-1oin.
the viva voce! ONLY 12.7% received between 20-30 marks in the viva voce. Wher. they performed at par .
with general category students in the written exam (i.e. they all received more than 40 marks). .
rotest March from ObseNe CLASS BOYCOTT and Join PROTEST DHARNA .
.
naa Dhaba, 9.30 from 1Oam onwards outside SSS-1. venue of AC MEET .
.
-.
.