State education minister Partha Chatterjee on Wednesday told in Assembly that he has requested Calcutta University to consider continuing the ‘old regulation’ at the Syndicate meeting on Wednesday. Responding to Congress MLA Asit Mitra who had sought the minister’s statement on the recent CU results during the Zero Hour, Mr Chatterjee said that the university’s Syndicate will take the final decision on the disqualified students at its meeting scheduled on 6 February.
“The issue has raised a lot of anxiety among all. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee has also expressed her concern and many organisations met me over it. I contacted CU to learn about the norms of the new 2016 regulation that they had started which in turn resulted in the fiasco.
“The system was introduced without much awarness. The authorities should have been more careful. I have requested them to consider continuing the 2009 regulation,” Mr Chatterjee said. Later, Mr Chatterjee said that out of 86,000 examinees, only 17,000 could attain over 20 out of 100.
The students who failed had attained good marks in Honours papers but their scores in general papers were abysmally poor, he said, adding that CU authorities should have discussed the matter with all stakeholders including students.
Reacting to this, leader of the Left Front Legislative Party Sujan Chakraborty said that the academic standard of the university has deteriorated immensely. CU should take the decision instead of the state government interferring in it, he said.