A section of colleges affiliated to Madurai Kamaraj University have alleged an inordinate delay in issuance of hall tickets to undergraduate students, for whom the semester examination begins on Wednesday.
The Principal of an affiliated college in Virudhunagar district said that hall tickets were usually sent at least 10 days ahead of the examination to the colleges. “This time, there has been no communication. Only on Friday, we got to know that all the Principals have been called to the university on Monday to collect the hall tickets. This has never been the norm,” he said.
A senior faculty member from one of the constituent colleges of the university said that with just a day left for the examination, it would be difficult to distribute the hall tickets to the students. “The last working day is over. Students have to come on Tuesday to collect their hall tickets. If someone’s hall ticket is missing or if there are any other issues, there will be no time to rectify,” he added. A student of the Madurai Kamaraj University College in Madurai said the college had not put up the timetable also in the notice board yet. “A detailed schedule with cluttered information on all the courses in all the colleges is available on the university website. Every semester, a schedule that is relevant to our college alone is put up on our notice board. It has not been done this time,” he said.
When contacted, a senior university official acknowledged the delay in the issuance of hall tickets and assured that it will be delivered on Monday without fail. “Few reform measures and streamlining of processes are happening at the examination section in the university, which caused slight delays this time. There will not be any issues from now on,” the official said.
On the schedule, another official said that the process of sending printed schedules to all the colleges was avoided this time and the colleges were instead asked to download it from the university website. “The colleges must have done it,” he said.
