Ravenshaw students appear in exams putting on black badges

Protesting against Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) programme introduced in the Ravenshaw University in the mid-session of the ongoing academic year, the undergraduate and postgraduate students today appeared for examinations wearing black badges.
Although the annual examinations of the University had begun earlier, the CBCS examinations started from today.
The students who were members of All India DSO have been campaigning against introduction of the CBCS programme since long. "When the authorities did not pay heed to our requests, we decided to appear for the examinations wearing black badges in continuation of our protest against the CBCS programme," said a student.

As per UGC guideline on CBCS programme, apart from their main subjects, the students are required to choose two more subjects from a prescribed course as their elective subjects to learn them at their own pace and the assessment of these subjects is to be done in grades on a credit system.
"Since the assessment of these subjects are linked to class attendances and submission of term papers, a lot of discrepancies are now being witnessed in the University as some teachers appear to be not impartial in awarding grades," a student alleged.
"Moreover, in CBSE programme, a student is deprived of getting an in-depth knowledge of the subject he chooses as elective," said another student expressing concern that a balanced result cannot be expected through this programme.

The University authorities however, have decided to delink attendance of a student to the grade he obtains in this programme from next year.
But officials maintain that the CBCS programme is going to stay as the basic idea of it is to look into the needs of the students so as to prepare him for higher education in India and abroad.