The University of Mumbai will train all the in-charge principals of affiliated, aided and unaided colleges to handle exam-related crisis and emergencies.
The University of Mumbai will train all the in-charge principals of affiliated, aided and unaided colleges to handle exam-related crisis and emergencies.
It was prompted by the Master of Human Resource Management (MHRM) paper leak on March 27 at BNN College Bhiwandi, creating confusion and anxiety among students.
The unapproved and under-skilled principals sometimes are not able to handle the crisis and emergencies efficiently. Around 292 affiliated colleges have acting principals.
The Supreme Court directives have failed to push these colleges to appoint permanent principals. Colleges said they don’t get qualified persons so UGC must lower its norms for principals (PhD degree with 15 years’ teaching experience). But teachers alleged that in-charge principals are appointed to save money.
Director of examination, Subhash Deo, was appointed a week ago to bring the house in order. “We know our limitations so we have chalked out an extensive training programme for all unapproved and in-charge principals so that they work efficiently after the exam session,” Deo said. “Many times, we have seen that they are not capable of handling crucial jobs like exams. There are a few principals who can’t even follow our circulars and thus the whole system suffers.”
He said that the exam reforms will bear fruit soon. “When the MHRM paper was accidentally opened a day before the exam at BNN College Bhiwandi, questions were raised on the inept handling of the goof-up by the exam centre. The in-charge principal was not fully aware of the system,” added Deo.
UD Kadam, in-charge principal of BNN College, had denied there was a paper leak until the university committee investigated into the incident after a student spoke to a TV channel about it. His staff didn’t admit the mistake even after they were called for investigation by the university committee headed by dean faculty of commerce Dr TP Madhu Nair.
The committee found out that the paper was leaked after going through the answer-sheets of all 600 students where the codes had been altered. It had asked to appoint a retired high court judge to inquire into the incident. Nineteen employees of the college have been suspended over the incident.
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