PaRCha - JNU - Letters to Administration - 2008 ID-66110
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t"nones : 2611 7676, 2671 /557, 2670 4741 .
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)U wOLdd <1pprcciate that the verbal statements of the !"acuity members th:lt tht.!t...: :::t_.<!r-,,1..: w.-re PQI UI-' t0 th~:: mark in <: 1r ac:~der! ic p 'rform~nct is surely no substitute for the t!m.; ·li:!:.aed objective and transr (t.t ~nt evaluation proce~.:; th c:t adhe red tn in J JLI in all chools and Centres. Th~· absence of uch a process, as is clei!rly the fact in the present .
.:<N'. is I~O' on !) unf<.:ir tn tlw c; t11rkn~s b\ ;t 111::'!:, :::!s( : inJi (.;a!:: ;.rcj;:;{; .-;.-·~·f !h: :.✌️:i l:::~o' with regard to these student:,, Transparency and timely showing of exam scripts is a sine quo 110 11 for the correct functioning of any internal 'aluation process uch a in JN U. That i the reason it is routinely tuck to in JNU probably with the .
e\ception or your school that has now come to notice. .
It is to be noted that one of the students, Ncctu Singh Sirohi, was in the first place denied admission to the centre. She .
managed to get admitted in CCBB only after she filed an RTI and got to lmow all details of the admission process. There is a seat reserved for PII students in the centre. and he was very clearly eligible for admission. In spite of this. she had to fight her way through to get admitted in JNU. It is therefore supremely important tiJat every School .
rigorously . ti ·ks to J U's well-thought out evaluation process and their timely communication to the students through due process. This is not only in the interest of the students to gnldually improve their performance, but also in the interest of the neutrality of our academic system, which because of its intemal evaluation nature unfortunately ha numerou pitfall for biases and discrimi nation by the eva ltwtor built into it. .
llm'l'' cr. thi. is not the only case or vi ·iblc anomaly in SIT. A student from tile ST category who was admined last r t2007). sccurl'd tile 111n:---inH1111 number ol" marks amongst oil the students who sought admission last year. He .
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I thcn:nm.: have been considered in the general category. It i to be noted that the quota for student from ,m ed background merely states the minimum num ber of student , and not the maximum. In spite of this, he , ei'"cn admission under the T quota whereby clearly denying a scat under the ST quota for another potentially = ble . T student. .
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spirit of academics in JNU is held to have a just, fair and socially progressive character. Those students who en through a rigorous national examination are universally held to be some of the best students in this coun ry. · e\i t certain academic weaknesses, then it has been held to be the duty of the JNU academic system to help them .
cholars. Given that students cannot repeat or improve upon their M.Tech coursework in a ubsequent .
r. their grading proce ses have to be far more sensitive. accountable and transparent at every point throughout .
In this case, when students had been highly regular in submitting courseworl<, to di mi them rbitra rily in this way, on highly subjective grounds, not only violates the norms of procedure. of e\aluation. .
but also th e lon~;-chcrishetl ~:;u;r~ Is that the edifice or ,J N U ha:.; been cs ta blish ed u pon . .
JNUSU ~lemand~ that firstly the.marl<s and grades of all the mill semester as well as end seme ter papers o far along wth th e lmal scmcs ter-w Jsc CG PA of these students be made ava ilable to th em immediate( . ince the ovc.rall grades .have alre:1cly be.en arri ved at, the chool should have no problem in supplying all the mid-term .
cnpts and thetr evaluattons w1tho ut a moment's delay. .
Secondly, there must be a fair, rational~ just and transparent evaluation in the e cases. The one time announcement of the ineligibility of the students at the end of one year, without duly informing them on all regularly mandated occasions constitu te a serious injustice which is jeopar<li ing the academic career of the tudents, leaving them with no option. .
ln light of these gro anomalies, JNUSU demaud~ thnt th ese students must be allowed to ti1kc regi tr:nion in ~ l'e con1 ing ~ nl':~~trr. .
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Yours Sincerely, .
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· -mde nrs -on, Equal Opportunities Office .
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PaRCha - JNU - Letters to Administration - 2008 ID-66110
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.
t"nones : 2611 7676, 2671 /557, 2670 4741 .
.
)U wOLdd <1pprcciate that the verbal statements of the !"acuity members th:lt tht.!t...: :::t_.<!r-,,1..: w.-re PQI UI-' t0 th~:: mark in <: 1r ac:~der! ic p 'rform~nct is surely no substitute for the t!m.; ·li:!:.aed objective and transr (t.t ~nt evaluation proce~.:; th c:t adhe red tn in J JLI in all chools and Centres. Th~· absence of uch a process, as is clei!rly the fact in the present .
.:<N'. is I~O' on !) unf<.:ir tn tlw c; t11rkn~s b\ ;t 111::'!:, :::!s( : inJi (.;a!:: ;.rcj;:;{; .-;.-·~·f !h: :.✌️:i l:::~o' with regard to these student:,, Transparency and timely showing of exam scripts is a sine quo 110 11 for the correct functioning of any internal 'aluation process uch a in JN U. That i the reason it is routinely tuck to in JNU probably with the .
e\ception or your school that has now come to notice. .
It is to be noted that one of the students, Ncctu Singh Sirohi, was in the first place denied admission to the centre. She .
managed to get admitted in CCBB only after she filed an RTI and got to lmow all details of the admission process. There is a seat reserved for PII students in the centre. and he was very clearly eligible for admission. In spite of this. she had to fight her way through to get admitted in JNU. It is therefore supremely important tiJat every School .
rigorously . ti ·ks to J U's well-thought out evaluation process and their timely communication to the students through due process. This is not only in the interest of the students to gnldually improve their performance, but also in the interest of the neutrality of our academic system, which because of its intemal evaluation nature unfortunately ha numerou pitfall for biases and discrimi nation by the eva ltwtor built into it. .
llm'l'' cr. thi. is not the only case or vi ·iblc anomaly in SIT. A student from tile ST category who was admined last r t2007). sccurl'd tile 111n:---inH1111 number ol" marks amongst oil the students who sought admission last year. He .
.
I thcn:nm.: have been considered in the general category. It i to be noted that the quota for student from ,m ed background merely states the minimum num ber of student , and not the maximum. In spite of this, he , ei'"cn admission under the T quota whereby clearly denying a scat under the ST quota for another potentially = ble . T student. .
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spirit of academics in JNU is held to have a just, fair and socially progressive character. Those students who en through a rigorous national examination are universally held to be some of the best students in this coun ry. · e\i t certain academic weaknesses, then it has been held to be the duty of the JNU academic system to help them .
cholars. Given that students cannot repeat or improve upon their M.Tech coursework in a ubsequent .
r. their grading proce ses have to be far more sensitive. accountable and transparent at every point throughout .
In this case, when students had been highly regular in submitting courseworl<, to di mi them rbitra rily in this way, on highly subjective grounds, not only violates the norms of procedure. of e\aluation. .
but also th e lon~;-chcrishetl ~:;u;r~ Is that the edifice or ,J N U ha:.; been cs ta blish ed u pon . .
JNUSU ~lemand~ that firstly the.marl<s and grades of all the mill semester as well as end seme ter papers o far along wth th e lmal scmcs ter-w Jsc CG PA of these students be made ava ilable to th em immediate( . ince the ovc.rall grades .have alre:1cly be.en arri ved at, the chool should have no problem in supplying all the mid-term .
cnpts and thetr evaluattons w1tho ut a moment's delay. .
Secondly, there must be a fair, rational~ just and transparent evaluation in the e cases. The one time announcement of the ineligibility of the students at the end of one year, without duly informing them on all regularly mandated occasions constitu te a serious injustice which is jeopar<li ing the academic career of the tudents, leaving them with no option. .
ln light of these gro anomalies, JNUSU demaud~ thnt th ese students must be allowed to ti1kc regi tr:nion in ~ l'e con1 ing ~ nl':~~trr. .
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Yours Sincerely, .
'";,! -=-· ~·-.
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· -mde nrs -on, Equal Opportunities Office .
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