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PANAJI
Around 20-25 law college students who went to the Goa University (GU) on Wednesday to find out why their re-evaluation results were delayed were irked by the apathy of university officials, most notably the Controller of Examinations (CoE), who students alleged refused to co-operate with them.
The law college students led by student leaders from the National Students Union of India (NSUI) and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) went to meet the CoE Prof Anuradha Wagle, after the GU did not declare the re-evaluation results of law college students from the Kare and Salgaonkar Colleges of Law, several months after re-evaluation of the Fifth semester papers.
Speaking to “The Goan”, Prasanjeet Dhage, an affected student who is also with the NSUI, said that even after trying, the CoE was not willing to give an appointment to the students. He admitted that the students then barged into the room where she was in a meeting, so that they could get answers.
“She couldn’t answer any of our questions, so she just got up and walked out,” said Dhage. “She walked into her cabin and slammed the door on us,” he alleged. Students tried telling the CoE that she could not leave without answering their queries, but their pleas fell on deaf ears. Students sought answers as to why there was a delay in declaring the results, even after the dates of the re-exam were announced as April 8. In this situation, they were not sure whether they had cleared the previous exam, or whether they had to prepare for the re-exam, which in less than a week away.
Since the meeting with the CoE was futile, the students then went to meet the Registrar Prof YV Reddy. The PA to the Registrar however, informed the students that this matter came under the CoE, and that the CoE had already been made aware of the situation. The students then tried to go to the examination block again, but were kept out by a gate that had been locked to prevent them from entering. Students then called the police as they said that it was government property and students had to have access.
When the police opened the gate and let them in, the CoE still refused to meet the students, so they were forced to meet the Registrar. The registrar told the students that the results would be declared and up on the GU website by the evening of Wednesday itself. He also confirmed this to ‘The Goan’.
When students tried to find out the reason for the delay, they were told there is a shortage of staff in the examination section of the GU.
