Team Herald
PANJIM: An incident of malpractices and manipulation by the Examination in-Charge has come to light in the Goa College of Architecture, Altinho.
Three professors are learnt to have brought the incident to the notice of the principal and have demanded immediate removal of the Examination in-charge Aniruddha Pawar and disciplinary action against him in order to restore credibility of the examination section.
It all started when two sealed envelopes containing the result of grading and attendance sheets of semester III (Visual Arts and Crafts) and semester VII (Design Studio) went missing in January this year. The result of the grading and attendance sheet of semester III was prepared. But without informing the examination committee the examiner incharge sought a constructed and manipulated grade sheet allegedly prepared by the course convenor Beena Gangani.
The grading sheet was signed by the team of examiners led by the convenor Beena Gangani for the course Visual Arts and Crafts for semester III while, the grades of design studio was signed by team of examiners led by Viswesh Kandolkar.
During the time both envelopes went missing, the result of semester III was declared by the Examination in Charge Aniruddha Pawar by seeking fabricated and constructed grades for course Visual Arts and crafts again from the team of examiners led by Beena Gangani. Subsequently the result was declared using the fabricated grades by the Examination in Charge and the Principal on February 7.
Exactly a week later the two missing sealed envelopes were traced by the examiner in-charge and the result of semester VII was declared on February 28. But since a different result containing the grades of semester III was compiled by the examination in charge and the principal declared the result prior to the tracing of the original grades sheet. The manipulation of the grading sheet became unknown. It has been noticed that there is a difference in grades in the declared result.
Dr Gouri Desai, Member, Board of Studies, Goa University and the former examiner in charge has also written to the Goa College of Architecture principal and the Vice Chancellor expressing her serious concern about the authenticity of the conducted supplementary exams without opening the original envelopes and mishandling of the marking process. She has urged the principal to take appropriate measures and to regain the trust in the entire examination process of the College.