The National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) submitted a memorandum to Gujarat University Vice-Chancellor Neerja Gupta on July 1 citing irregularities in checking of papers by the professors.

Under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, the NSUI had sought information about answer sheets after last year’s Masters of Law (LLM) semester-1 examination. The student group alleged that professors did not check the papers properly.

The letter alleges that unqualified teachers are being assigned to evaluate the answer sheets. Teachers who are not subject experts are checking the papers. Teachers who are not proficient in the language of the medium (English or Gujarati) are checking the answer sheets in that language.

The aim of the teachers is to maximise their earnings by checking as many papers as possible, to earn ₹8 for each paper checked, as per allegations.

The student leaders alleged that even though the students had  written baseless things, the teachers had assigned them good marks.

As per the rules, for undergraduate programmes, a teacher with 5 years of experience can evaluate answer sheets for the first year, a teacher with 5-10 years of experience can evaluate for the second year and a teacher with more than 10 years of experience can evaluate for the third year.

For postgraduate programmes, a teacher with 10 years of experience is qualified to evaluate answer sheets.

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