No Provisions for Re-evaluation: KUHS Opposes BAMS Students' Petition at High Court
Kochi: In a recent development, Kerala University of Health Sciences (KUHS) has opposed the petition filed by Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS) students seeking reevaluation and more transparency in the examination system. KUHS has informed the Court that the existing rules do not allow reevaluation as they already follow a double-valuation policy.
The University has further informed the High Court bench chaired by Anu Sivaraman that uploading the answer sheets of all the students would not be practical as it would involve a threat to the privacy and secrecy.
As per the latest media report by the Times of India, the petition filed through advocate Raghul Sudheesh stated, "The petitioners have strong apprehension of malafides as far as the conduct of these examinations is concerned and the petitioners believe that if a revaluation is conducted, the scenario may totally be different from what is now and many students will pass papers which they have failed."
During the hearing of the matter on May 18, KUHS opposed the petition through its counsel P Sreekumar.
"KUHS rule does not allow revaluation as they follow a double-valuation policy. Also, a third valuation is there in case there is much variation in marks in double valuation. Students can access the scorecards using the available statutory provisions. Uploading all answer sheets, of more than 45,000 students totaling more than 8 lakh papers, is not practical and also involves threat to privacy and secrecy of answer sheets. A detailed statement will be filed before the court soon," said Sreekumar.
The matter would be next heard after two weeks. However, no date has been scheduled yet.
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