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Latest News |
| 16th
January 2010 / Times of India / Hyderabad Edition |
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Grades dip in medical colleges
Students Blame Poor Valuation Standards, Demand Revaluation
Hyderabad: The new year has not kicked off well for medical
students in the city what with poor scores marring their
annual examination results. The percentages of city students
have come down by 20 per cent from a clear top score of
81 to 85 per cent in the previous years to 61 to 65 per
cent this year.
While officials of NTR Health University said that such
percentage variations are possible, medical students in
the city are blaming the low valuation standards of the
university for the drop in scores.
According to students of various government-run medical
colleges of the city, the percentages scored have not
dipped so low in the past five years.
“Students of our college used to score good percentages
every year. While there used to be failures, no one ever
fared so badly. There is something wrong with this year’s
results,” a student from OGH said. The results of
the annual semester examinations came out two months ago
and already many students are wanting a re-evaluation
though the university has not obliged so far.
The students said that the university should introduce
a proper re-evaluation system replacing the existing one
of double evaluation. “The university does not allow
re-evaluation in bulk. They do not entertain students
submitting requests for re-evaluation unless they get
a government order supporting the process. But it is very
difficult to get a government order sanctioning the re-evaluation
of 1000 student papers,” a junior doctor said. While
Osmania Medical College and Gandhi Medical College are
the ones which are hit with the sudden fall in percentages,
there are even private medical colleges who have had their
share of bad grades, this time.
Students said that many of them have failed in the same
subjects and that strengthens their claim of the flawed
evaluation process. They said that even for BDS students
(dental colleges) the results were bad compared to the
last year. In several dental colleges, students have got
as low a percentage as 13 which was never the case earlier.
According to medical education officials, many students
who failed in the examination are those who are weak in
English. “For the first year students the medium
of instruction becomes a problem. They do not understand
the classes and hence fair poorly,” said K Venugopal,
registrar, NTR University. The university is now doing
its investigation into the low percentages scored.
Meanwhile, officials of city medical colleges said that
some of the students who failed in the examination were
the ones who have been doing well in the internal assessments.
“The final results came as a shock for many students.
Now, many of them will have to wait for the year to reappear
for the examinations as automatic promotion is not done
in medical colleges,” a principal said.
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