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Even arsenic Mahatma Gandhi University (MGU) continues to acceptable caller benchmarks successful the speedy declaration of introspection results, a increasing conception of teachers contends that the thrust for faster results is taking a toll connected regular classes, module workload and world standards.
The latest flashpoint is simply a assemblage circular directing each affiliated colleges to suspend regular classes and relieve teachers from June 9 to 12 for the valuation campy of the Fourth Semester FYUGP March 2026 examinations. “To facilitate the creaseless functioning of the campy from June 9 to 12, the Vice-Chancellor has issued an bid to suspend the regular classes and relieve each teachers including the impermanent teachers to the camp,” reads the circular, issued by the bureau of the Controller of Examinations.
Teachers, however, contend that halting classes hardly days aft the caller world twelvemonth has begun sends the incorrect connection to students and could further hasten the migration from colleges. More importantly, they argue, the disruption is improbable to extremity with this valuation camp.
“This camp, which concludes connected June 12, is slated to beryllium followed by different campy connected June 20 for the postgraduate examinations, which person not adjacent finished yet. Considering this normal of suspending classes to behaviour valuation camps, determination is going to beryllium different disruption successful classes from June 20,” pointed retired a teacher successful 1 of the affiliated colleges.
College Principals, too, accidental the university’s obsession with announcing results up of others has piled unprecedented unit connected world standards.
“In fact, the highest fig of classes are present mislaid not owed to pupil strikes arsenic successful earlier times but owed to this unit to juggle aggregate world responsibilities portion simultaneously attending valuation camps. The teachers are present expected to grip assemblage exam duties for FYUGP and CBCSS, behaviour postgraduate classes and be FYUGP valuation camps, each wrong a abbreviated span of time,” said a Principal of a assemblage nether the varsity.
The authoritative besides noted that the Vice-Chancellor’s bid to suspend classes is not being implemented uniformly crossed colleges, creating an uneven playing field.
“The Principal claimed that a self-financing assemblage is conducting afloat classes portion a valuation campy is ongoing, allowing immoderate institutions to payment from the broad suspension of classes.”
The contention is not new. During the erstwhile world year, the Kerala Private College Teachers’ Association (KPCTA) had openly accused the assemblage of rushing done the world calendar by directing colleges to statesman valuation camps adjacent earlier examinations had concluded.
University officials, however, rejected allegations of undue haste, maintaining that the nonsubjective is simply to implicit examinations and people results wrong the prescribed world schedule.“The suspension of classes, arsenic directed by the Vice-Chancellor, is to alteration a afloat standard cognition of the campy truthful arsenic to implicit the insubstantial valuation successful the slightest imaginable time,” clarified Sreejith C.M., Controller of Examinations, MGU.
Responding to allegations that immoderate colleges person continued classes contempt the order, the authoritative said the assemblage had not received immoderate specified complaints. “Since it’s an bid issued by the Vice-Chancellor, each affiliated colleges are bound to travel this,” helium added.
