Evaluation of answer papers by a University at semester exam
S. Raghuraman
(Querist) 23 March 2010
This query is : Resolved
Dear Sirs,
My son is a second year student in Mechanical Engg. in a college affiliated to the Anna University, in Chennai. In spite of his good performance in the third semester exams. he was awarded very poor marks in a paper. When he requested for revaluation paying the prescribed fee as per the university rules, he received a xerox copy of his corrected answer sheet from the university. The front page summary alone contains the marks awarded for each answer and they also appear to have been altered to show a lower value--there are no indications of the paper having been evaluated in the real sense; nowhere one finds any comment on the answers nor any deficiency in answering. In such circumstances the student is at a loss to know how his answers are wrong and thus there is no clue to him to improve his performance in the next exams. Kindly advise if the university can be proceeded against under the Right to Information Act?
B K Raghavendra Rao
(Expert) 23 March 2010
Under the Right to Information Act, you would only get information or copies of documents and there is nothing else to be proceeded against the University. After collecting the information/documents under RTI Act, you may proceed against the University for its lapses and required relief.
If you have correct answers elicited either in the text books or in the model question-answer guides published by the University or other authoritative agencies, you may challenge the valuation after giving a legal notice to the concerned Registrar of the University.
Parthasarathi Loganathan
(Expert) 23 March 2010
This is the plight of many students studying under the affiliation of Anna University. Please check up with the standard text books recommended by the university and compare with the answers to challenge the valuation
S. Raghuraman
(Querist) 12 April 2010
Thank you Sirs
S. Raghuraman
