The academic council of the Maharashtra University of Medical Sciences (MUHS) has convened a meeting on October 29 to discuss the demand of medical students to withdraw the new evaluation policy.
"The academic council will take proper decision for the benefit of students," MUHS Vice Chancellor Dr Arun Jamkar said today.
Medical students from undergraduate and postgraduate courses across the state are up in arms against the new evaluation policy of the MUHS since October 17, and are holding various forms of protests including relay hunger strikes outside the university campus.
As many as 500 students are observing relay fast which entered sixth day today.
According to newly-introduced centralised assessment process (CAP) by MUHS, each answer sheet is to be checked by two teachers. In case of a difference in the scores given by the two, the average will be considered as the final score.
The double evaluation system, according to the university, will enhance quality and bring about transparency in the examination system.
However, the students wanted the earlier system of aggregate marks restored.
"....Following the new system launched from this year, as many as 11,900 students of various faculties across the state were declared failed," Subodh Gaikwad, one of the protesters, told reporters outside the campus.
A meeting held between the vice chancellor and students on October 19 failed to achieve any breakthrough.
"In the new system, if the second evaluator finds any mistake in the evaluation done by the first paper checker then why should students pay the price for the evaluator's mistake," asked a student.
Groups of students have moved high court in this regard, but most of the petitions have been dismissed.
