PU gives golden chance to students
Amit Sharma
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, October 11
In a decision that will benefit hundreds of students, Panjab University has decided to give a one time golden chance to those who had appeared for the postgraduate examinations while the annual system was still in place, but could not appear for the compartment or apply for the improvements as the university shifted to the semester system.
This special chance will be given to the interested students in April 2014.
All postgradute courses of the varsity and its affiliated colleges shifted to the semester system in 2011. Students who had appeared for the examinations before the new system was introduced were in a fix, as for re-appearing for the exam or for applying for any improvements they were supposed to appear as per the new system.
Under this system, students had to appear for two examinations, based on the revised syllabus, to clear their compartments.
The issue was raised during the recently held Senate meeting, after which a committee was constituted to work out the modalities.
Senate member Munish Verma, while raising the issue in the Senate, had stated that the decision to shift to the semester system without giving a window to the students who appeared for the examinations while the annual system was in place discouraged many of them from applying for compartment exams or improvements.
The committee recently held a meeting to finalise the modalities and decided that students would have to pay Rs 10,000 to avail themselves of the benefit.
PU Controller of Examination (COE) Parvinder Singh said students from any previous session could apply for the compartment exam or improvements.
“The students will not have to study the new syllabus, as the question papers would be set as per the old syllabus,” said the COE.
Amit Sharma
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, October 11
In a decision that will benefit hundreds of students, Panjab University has decided to give a one time golden chance to those who had appeared for the postgraduate examinations while the annual system was still in place, but could not appear for the compartment or apply for the improvements as the university shifted to the semester system.
This special chance will be given to the interested students in April 2014.
All postgradute courses of the varsity and its affiliated colleges shifted to the semester system in 2011. Students who had appeared for the examinations before the new system was introduced were in a fix, as for re-appearing for the exam or for applying for any improvements they were supposed to appear as per the new system.
Under this system, students had to appear for two examinations, based on the revised syllabus, to clear their compartments.
The issue was raised during the recently held Senate meeting, after which a committee was constituted to work out the modalities.
Senate member Munish Verma, while raising the issue in the Senate, had stated that the decision to shift to the semester system without giving a window to the students who appeared for the examinations while the annual system was in place discouraged many of them from applying for compartment exams or improvements.
The committee recently held a meeting to finalise the modalities and decided that students would have to pay Rs 10,000 to avail themselves of the benefit.
PU Controller of Examination (COE) Parvinder Singh said students from any previous session could apply for the compartment exam or improvements.
“The students will not have to study the new syllabus, as the question papers would be set as per the old syllabus,” said the COE.
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