Pharmacy college in Mehsana fails two students for not paying donation
Gujarat Technological University has issued a showcause notice to Saraswati School of Pharmacy after a raid conducted by the varsity committee revealed that two of the management quota students were declared failed despite having cleared internal examination
By Yogesh Avasthi
Posted On Saturday, April 18, 2009 (Ahmedabad Mirror : http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article§name=News%20-%20City§id=3&contentid=20090418200904180259363659ec48211)
Technological University has served a showcause notice to Saraswati School of Pharmacy in Mehsana for failing two of its management quota students in internal exams, despite they having cleared it. The students had written to the admission committee of GTU that they were being pressurised by the college management to cough up Rs 1 lakh as donation. They said the management had earlier even threatened to fail them in their exams if they did not do so.
Of the 15 seats in the management quota, eight of the students who figured on the merit list had allegedly paid a huge amount as donation to the college. Later on five other students too paid the donation amount. But the remaining two students, who come from a lower-middle class background, could not pay up. They were allegedly being tortured by the college for failing to manage the donation amount.
Six months ago, the students had sent an affidavit on a Rs 100 stamp paper stating in detail the harrassment they were going through, to Justice R J Shah Fee Regulatory Committee. But nothing came out of it.The two students then appeared for the internal exams in December last year. Though they had performed well, the report card said they had failed in the exams. That is when the students lodged a complaint with the GTU.
The university’s examination controller G P Vadodaria and another official U Y Nanavati conducted a raid on the university. They checked the answer papers and found out that the students had cleared the exam. Initially, the college staff refused to hand over the original answer papers. They gave them a xerox copy of the same. But even in the copy, it was clear that the marks had been tampered with.
Though the students had scored 16 marks, they were given only 6 marks. The number 16 was struck out and ‘6’ was scribbled in the ‘Total Marks’ column on the front page of the answer sheet. As per rule, the students need only eight marks to clear the internal exam. The two students who had not paid their donation were declared failed. They then approached the GTU.
The college has been issued a showcause notice seeking explanation as to why GTU should not penalise them Rs 2 lakh for the malpractice and harassment of students, to which they must reply within 15 days. When Mirror contacted the pharmacy college director Hareshbhai Patel, he said he was not aware of any such incident. “Really? I am not even aware something like this has happened.”
By Yogesh Avasthi
Posted On Saturday, April 18, 2009 (Ahmedabad Mirror : http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article§name=News%20-%20City§id=3&contentid=20090418200904180259363659ec48211)
Technological University has served a showcause notice to Saraswati School of Pharmacy in Mehsana for failing two of its management quota students in internal exams, despite they having cleared it. The students had written to the admission committee of GTU that they were being pressurised by the college management to cough up Rs 1 lakh as donation. They said the management had earlier even threatened to fail them in their exams if they did not do so.
Of the 15 seats in the management quota, eight of the students who figured on the merit list had allegedly paid a huge amount as donation to the college. Later on five other students too paid the donation amount. But the remaining two students, who come from a lower-middle class background, could not pay up. They were allegedly being tortured by the college for failing to manage the donation amount.
Six months ago, the students had sent an affidavit on a Rs 100 stamp paper stating in detail the harrassment they were going through, to Justice R J Shah Fee Regulatory Committee. But nothing came out of it.The two students then appeared for the internal exams in December last year. Though they had performed well, the report card said they had failed in the exams. That is when the students lodged a complaint with the GTU.
The university’s examination controller G P Vadodaria and another official U Y Nanavati conducted a raid on the university. They checked the answer papers and found out that the students had cleared the exam. Initially, the college staff refused to hand over the original answer papers. They gave them a xerox copy of the same. But even in the copy, it was clear that the marks had been tampered with.
Though the students had scored 16 marks, they were given only 6 marks. The number 16 was struck out and ‘6’ was scribbled in the ‘Total Marks’ column on the front page of the answer sheet. As per rule, the students need only eight marks to clear the internal exam. The two students who had not paid their donation were declared failed. They then approached the GTU.
The college has been issued a showcause notice seeking explanation as to why GTU should not penalise them Rs 2 lakh for the malpractice and harassment of students, to which they must reply within 15 days. When Mirror contacted the pharmacy college director Hareshbhai Patel, he said he was not aware of any such incident. “Really? I am not even aware something like this has happened.”
