Exam day, still no hall tickets

Bengaluru: The Bangalore Uni­versity (BU) was em­broiled in another controversy on Monday over the alleged delay in generation of hall tickets for the tens of first-year degree students for odd-semester examination, which began on Monday. But the university denied any problem and stated that only those candidates who have attendance shortage were denied hall tickets and these students were creating confusion.

The University started the examination as per the calendar of events, but students from many colleges complained that they had not received the hall tickets till Saturday evening. According to the students, many colleges distributed the hall tickets on Sunday and many students were provided with temporary hall tickets without photos.

According to tens of students who were waiting for their hall tickets in front of a private college in Jayanagar, all those who joined first-year degree course after clearing the II PUC through supplementary examination were facing the problem.

“We are termed as lateral entry students. We were waiting for hall tickets from last Monday. There is no guarantee that we will get it even today as no one is sure where is the problem is. College authorities are blaming the university and university authorities are saying our hall tickets had been sent,” said a student. Later the students were given temporary, hand-written hall tickets and were allowed to write the exam.

A college principal told Deccan Chronicle that even under the leadership of the new vice-chancellor, University authorities have not learnt any lessons. “Last year too, the students faced similar problems. The university should not add to the anxiety of students who are already under pressure because of the exams. Last year, a few examinations were postponed because of the same reason. Even this year, the same mistake has repeated,” he said.

Prem, an ABVP leader, said that students had been trying to find a solution to the problem for the last one week. “We brought the issue to the notice of university authorities well in advance. They said that as lateral admission process completed recently, they could not generate registration numbers. That led to the problem.

But unfortunately, students were the victims,” he said. But Banglaore University Registrar (Evaluation) Prof. Somashekhar R.K. denied all allegations. “Even on Monday morning, we distributed hall tickets. All eligible students were allowed to appear for the examination as the university acted swiftly. Many students were denied hall tickets at the college level as they had attendance shortage. These students are creating confusion,” he said.