CU to conduct re-exam for 2,500 students.

KOZHIKODE: The Calicut univercity has decided to conduct re-examinations for around 2,500 degree students, whose answer sheets could not be identified as a result of damaged barcodes.The decision to conduct re-examination was taken at the university syndicate meeting held on Friday based on the recommendation of the examinations standing committee. The meeting decided that the re- examination would be done on a war footing and the results would be published within 20 days.

As many as 46 BCom students, whose answer papers have gone missing from the varsity, will also appear for re-examination.The non-publication of results of students who have finished their six semester degree course, mainly due to damaged barcodes or in some cases due to missing of answer sheets, have been haunting the varsity, as it has been desperately trying to wrap up the course of the first batch of degree students passing out under the choice based credit semester system. The varsity has published the final results of the BA, BCom and BSc courses, except that of the 2,500 odd students.

T P Ahmed, member of the Syndicate examination standing committee said that the damaged barcodes were the reason for the non-publication of results in majority of cases. "There have been instances of issuance of duplicate barcodes in some cases. We intend to solve the entire issue by conducting a re-examination for all the affected students. The re-examination process will be fast tracked to announce the result within the next 20 days," he said.

The syndicate meeting also decided to take steps for setting up three model colleges in Palakkad, Malappuram and Wayanad districts under the UGC's programme to set up model degree colleges in 374 educationally backward districts,.

The meeting also approved starting of self-financing courses in M Ed and diploma course in early childhood care and education at the Vadagara teacher education centre. The department of lifelong learning and extension would start M>A>course in counseling.