Anomaly costs dental college dean Rs 50,000
GU foils Government Dental College dean’s bid to help four ineligible students appear in the second year examination
By Yogesh Avasthi
Posted On Wednesday, August 05, 2009 (Ahmedabad Mirror : http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article§name=News%20-%20City§id=3&contentid=20090805200908050322498906e9f9a3f)
Pulling up the Government Dental College dean for his alleged attempt to favour four second year students of his institution, the Gujarat University (GU) has served a showcause notice and imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on him.
The dean, Dr Girish Parmar, had allegedly cleared the favoured-four for the second year exam even as they were ineligible for the test. The dean allegedly resorted to delaying tactics to let them appear in the exam. According to sources, he sent the filled-in examination forms of the second year students of his college to the varsity at the eleventh hour apparently leaving little time for GU authorities to check them.
The strategy had almost done the trick since the varsity gave permission to all the second year students of the Government Dental College to appear in the written test. But Dr Parmar and his favourite students ran out of luck before the practical exams. The varsity officials detected the anomaly while verifying the forms during the interim period between the written and the practical exam. They immediately debarred the favoured-four from appearing in the exam any further.
Gujarat University dean (medical) Dr HP Bhalodia said: “The forms of the four students reached the varsity due to negligence on the part of the college authorities. The case should be investigated seriously. I have recommended to impose a fine on the dean of the Government Dental College.”
Sources in GU confirmed that a showcause notice had been issued to the dean and a fine of Rs 50,000 had been imposed. Dr Parmar conceded that the varsity detected forms of four ineligible students of Government Dental College and debarred them from appearing in the second year practical exams, but expressed ignorance on the fine being imposed on him.
“The four debarred students were repeaters. The varsity detected the anomaly and debarred them from appearing in the exam. I’m not aware of any fine imposed on me,” said the dean. Sources said Dr Parmar’s favoured students had flunked in the first year exam in 2008.
They appeared in re-examination in January 2009 and were promoted to second year. According to the varsity norms, a student has to spend a year in a class (year in BDS course) before taking the final exam. Thus, the four students concerned would have been eligible for the second year final exam in January, 2010 only. But the dean apparently tried to push them through to third year before the stipulated time and sent their forms to the varsity.
However, Dr Parmar said, “I have not favoured any student. I don’t know any of these students at personal level. We had sent the forms well in time. This (the students getting permision to write the examination) must be due to some error.”
Big dent
The rule: A student has to spend a year in a class (year in BDS course) before taking the final exam. The case of favoured-four: They flunked in the first year exam in 2008. They appeared in re-examination in January 2009 and were promoted to second year. According to the varsity norms, a student has to spend a year in a class (year in BDS course) before taking the final exam. Thus, the four students concerned would have been eligible for the second year final exam in January, 2010 only.
The trick: The dean allegedly resorted to delaying tactics to let the favoured-four appear in the exam. He sent the filled-in examination forms of the second year students of his college to the varsity at the eleventh hour apparently to compel GU authorities to give permission to all the students of his institution to appear in the exam.
By Yogesh Avasthi
Posted On Wednesday, August 05, 2009 (Ahmedabad Mirror : http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article§name=News%20-%20City§id=3&contentid=20090805200908050322498906e9f9a3f)
Pulling up the Government Dental College dean for his alleged attempt to favour four second year students of his institution, the Gujarat University (GU) has served a showcause notice and imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on him.
The dean, Dr Girish Parmar, had allegedly cleared the favoured-four for the second year exam even as they were ineligible for the test. The dean allegedly resorted to delaying tactics to let them appear in the exam. According to sources, he sent the filled-in examination forms of the second year students of his college to the varsity at the eleventh hour apparently leaving little time for GU authorities to check them.
The strategy had almost done the trick since the varsity gave permission to all the second year students of the Government Dental College to appear in the written test. But Dr Parmar and his favourite students ran out of luck before the practical exams. The varsity officials detected the anomaly while verifying the forms during the interim period between the written and the practical exam. They immediately debarred the favoured-four from appearing in the exam any further.
Gujarat University dean (medical) Dr HP Bhalodia said: “The forms of the four students reached the varsity due to negligence on the part of the college authorities. The case should be investigated seriously. I have recommended to impose a fine on the dean of the Government Dental College.”
Sources in GU confirmed that a showcause notice had been issued to the dean and a fine of Rs 50,000 had been imposed. Dr Parmar conceded that the varsity detected forms of four ineligible students of Government Dental College and debarred them from appearing in the second year practical exams, but expressed ignorance on the fine being imposed on him.
“The four debarred students were repeaters. The varsity detected the anomaly and debarred them from appearing in the exam. I’m not aware of any fine imposed on me,” said the dean. Sources said Dr Parmar’s favoured students had flunked in the first year exam in 2008.
They appeared in re-examination in January 2009 and were promoted to second year. According to the varsity norms, a student has to spend a year in a class (year in BDS course) before taking the final exam. Thus, the four students concerned would have been eligible for the second year final exam in January, 2010 only. But the dean apparently tried to push them through to third year before the stipulated time and sent their forms to the varsity.
However, Dr Parmar said, “I have not favoured any student. I don’t know any of these students at personal level. We had sent the forms well in time. This (the students getting permision to write the examination) must be due to some error.”
Big dent
The rule: A student has to spend a year in a class (year in BDS course) before taking the final exam. The case of favoured-four: They flunked in the first year exam in 2008. They appeared in re-examination in January 2009 and were promoted to second year. According to the varsity norms, a student has to spend a year in a class (year in BDS course) before taking the final exam. Thus, the four students concerned would have been eligible for the second year final exam in January, 2010 only.
The trick: The dean allegedly resorted to delaying tactics to let the favoured-four appear in the exam. He sent the filled-in examination forms of the second year students of his college to the varsity at the eleventh hour apparently to compel GU authorities to give permission to all the students of his institution to appear in the exam.
