Medical PG students complain of discrepancy in valuation of papers

THE students of Post Graduation course in the faculty of Medicine have come out with the complaint that Maharashtra University of Health Sciences has shown discrepancies in their results. The meeting of Grievance Committee of MUHS will be held at Nagpur where the issue may get raised.

The students alleged that the discrepancy did lake place because of the unexpected change in the policy of evaluation system. They said that previously all the answer books were evaluated simultaneously by four examiners. They include two internals and two externals while moderalion was done al the same time. This system of evaluation has been changed. Now in present system the answerbooks are evaluated separately by examiners under Central Assessment Programme (CAP). Such changes are to be informed to the medial faculty for their common agreement. This change has been implemented midway between the examinations without such common agreement. Students pointed out that but the proposal has been rejected by the faculty of Medicine unanimously. They have alleged that having brought the change, it has violated these norms.

According to students, they were not informed about the change before the commencement of examination. These students have to work 24x7. Apart from this there is no provision of preparatory leave for examinations as there is a scarcity of doctors.

Students also said that many students have failed in the examinations as they scored just short of 1-5 marks, Many students would be benefited with the provision of grace marks. Medical Council of India (MCI) says that upto 5 grace marks can be given. But except MUHS all universities have implemented it.

A senior Senate member said that many students who have been passed in practicals including complete assessment of students In found different examiners have been affected by this new rule.

Hence, in CAP. there should be a definite provision of grace marks. The students have claimed the support of some members of Management Council and Senate to their demand.