Students of the University School of Design boycotted classes on Monday, alleging manipulation of the results in the semester exams held in June this year.
Not only were the results of the “manipulated” evaluation unacceptable to them, even the payment of approximately Rs 30,000 to take a re-examination in the failed subject was “unfair”, said the students, who held a demonstration in front of Crawford Hall.
The students, who held the demonstration under the aegis of Students’ Council of University School of Design, University of Mysore, said they will not return to their classes until their demands are met.
In a note submitted to the University authorities, the Students’ Council said the batch of 2012 comprising 54 students was divided into two groups of 27 students each. While the 13 students failed in one batch, all the 27 in the other batch had passed. “Such a co-incidence cannot occur and hence it cannot be accepted by the students. We doubt the truthfulness of the results announced. We want an inquiry to check for any manipulations,” the note said.
Worse, the students said that the failed students have to pay approximately Rs 30,000 to appear for a re-exam, which they termed as “unfair.”
Director of the University School of Design Prof T M Mahesh said the examinations were evaluated by external jury as per the regulations. Though he rejected the charges of manipulation, Prof Mahesh said he had requested Vice Chancellor of the University Prof K S Rangappa to reduce the fee for re-examination.