BANGALORE: Contrary to the Bangalore University Vice-Chancellor Dr N Prabhu Dev’s claim that evaluators were not directed to correct 36 answer scripts a day, the evaluating staff have been given exactly the same workload.
At a recent meeting, Dev said the evaluators were asked to correct up to 36 sheets, with a minimum of 24. “If they want to, they can evaluate more than 24 scripts a day,” he had said.
Despite initial protests, the evaluators complained little about the load. “We get one packet containing 18 scripts in the morning and another with the same number of scripts post-lunch. Earlier, some evaluators corrected up to 60 scripts a day,” said Sathyanarayana Gowda of Government First Grade College in Devanahalli.
Poonam Bhatia, an evaluator from Baldwin Women’s Methodist College, said the new regulation upheld the quality of evaluation.
“It is reasonable to expect an evaluator to correct 36 papers a day,” she said. Her colleague Suma N said the new system has encouraged the teaching staff to turn up for evaluation.
The new system — with biometric access for attendance — necessitates evaluators to be present at the centres between 10 am and 5 pm. There get an hour-long break from 1 pm and 2 pm.
“It is a little taxing to stick around at the centre even after completing the work well in advance. The erstwhile system of tea and lunch at the centres was better than the current refreshment allowance of `30 per day,” said Narayan Naik of Rajajinagar First Grade College of Commerce.
He said the current system was beneficial for the rural staff as it gave them extra money as conveyance. Gowda appreciated the system and the facilities at the centre.
“There is flexibility and we are being offered good services,” he said.
He said there were not too many complaints about the biometric system, which was functioning immaculately.