Universities math doesn’t add up:
100-mark LLB paper totals to 108
The University of Mumbai got its maths wrong once again.After giving TYBA
students an incomplete French paper recently,it handed second-year LLB students
a question paper on Friday in which the total marks added up to 108,eight more
than the required maximum of 100.
The LLB students were taking the fourth semester paper on land laws when some
felt that the paper appeared longer than usual.A few students totalled the
marks and found that more questions than necessary had been crammed into the
paper.When some of us complained about it,the supervisor got in touch with
university officials about the mistake, said a student who was taking the exam
at Lords College.The authorities then asked the supervisors to inform all
students that the third question,which carried 20 marks,should be considered a
12-mark question.
However,university
officials said they have not yet taken a decision on the matter.We asked the
paper setter to give us a solution as to how the 108-mark paper could be
brought down to 100 marks.We have called for a board of examination meeting on
Monday, said controller of examinations Deepak Wasave.
Several
students were disappointed when told that the marks for the third question were
being slashed from 20 to 12.Question three required students to answer any two
of three choices.Many students had already answered the questions in detail
assuming that each carried 10 marks, said a parent whose son could not complete
the paper.Suddenly,the supervisor announced that the marks for each question had
been reduced to six.Law papers are mostly lengthy and something like this is
unpardonable.
The same
108-mark paper had another error.Question four asked students to give details
of the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act,1909.The state was not formed
until May 1,1960,and the town planning act was enacted in 1966.That error was
not even corrected.Many of us are wondering who is setting our question papers,
said a student.
In the past
week,at least three other paper setters have goofed up.Last Saturday
postgraduate students across all exam centres received question papers for an
exam that was to be held 10 days later.Then,firstyear master of science
students were handed the Environment Science Paper IV instead of Paper I.The
paper setter had erroneously slipped Paper IV into the envelope meant for Paper
I.In another instance,the university had to summon the paper setter of the exam
for TYBA French students as the paper was incomplete.
Wasave said
these faults were those of the paper setters and the universitys image should
not be tarnished.The university only comes up with mechanisms and defines
processes.We cannot check question papers after they have been set, he said.
GAFFE TRACKER
Last Saturday,postgraduate students received the question papers meant for an
exam to be held 10 days later
First-year
MSc students were handed the Environment Science Paper IV instead of Paper
I.After students pointed out the blunder,fresh question papers were sent
University had to summon paper setter as the question paper for TYBA French
students was incomplete
Model answer
book of the MHRM paper distributed among all evaluators as a guide to
correcting the final-year TYBCom paper had an error.The faculty member provided
the wrong answer for one multiple choice question carrying one mark.A day after
assessment began,a senior teacher at Podar College pointed out the mistake in
the model answer booklet.It was rectified and the assessment redone
Source: TOI
