IGU awards 5 grace marks to students who failed in English

Tribune News Service

Rewari, September 9

The Indira Gandhi University (IGU) authorities have decided to award 5 grace marks each to those students of BA (fifth semester) who failed in English. The decision has been taken following the recommendations of a three-member committee which randomly re-examined the answer sheets today.

The committee was formed acting on the complaints filed by principals of various colleges and student outfits against ‘’poor results’’ in English. They demanded re-examination of answer sheets.

Around 4,000 students of over 50 degree colleges affiliated to the IGU in Rewari and Mahendragarh districts failed in English, results of which were declared recently. The students outfits-INSO and ABVP- threatened to launch an agitation campaign if their demands were not met.

Suresh Dhanerwal, Controller of Examination, IGU, said the three-member-committee today re-examined 150 answer sheets randomly. It found no anomalies in checking them and awarding of marks, but the committee recommended a grace of five marks to every student citing tproblems being faced by them in studies during the Covid times.

“We accepted the recommendations and announced 5 grace marks which will prove helpful for more than 3 per cent students in obtaining pass marks in English subject,” said he, adding that earlier, 33 per cent students failed in the subject.

Meanwhile, The Akhil Bhartiya Vidharthi Parishad (ABVP) today took out a protest march and burnt the effigy of the Vice-Chancellor in protest against the poor results. The protesters blamed the IGU authorities for it and said some other subjects had also witnessed poor results. The protest started from Dharuhera Chungi and culminated at the mini secretariat where the protesters submitted a memorandum to the district authorities.