Mumbai
University’s PhD entrance test (PET) has landed in trouble even
before the university announces the dates for the upcoming exam
scheduled for November.
Exam centres under the university claim that they
have not been compensated for their work since 2013, and say that
they have written to the university stating that they will not
conduct the exams until all previous dues are cleared.
The PET exam is conducted at five major centres in
the city – Mumbai University’s Kalina campus, Thakur college in
Kandivali, Saboosiddique College, Modern College in Vashi, and
Jondhale College in Dombivali.
The university charges an examination fee of Rs
1,000 from general candidates and Rs 500 from students under the SCST
and OBC category to conduct the test. Around three thousand students
appear for the exam every year and the university is soon going to
release a notification regarding the schedule for the next exam to be
held in November.
Despite funds being allocated for the purpose at the
university, most colleges which helped conduct the entrance test have
still not received any money to pay the test supervisors or to meet
other expenses such as stationery, printing of question papers and
remuneration for those correcting the answer sheets.
“The university has always turned a deaf ear to
our repeated complaints over non-payment of past dues. If they do not
pay us, how would we pay the teachers for all the work associated
with the exams?” said the principal of one of the exam centres.
Dr Chaitali Chakraborty, principal of Thakur
College, Kandivali, said, “We have not received the dues for PET
and several other exams that the college conducts on behalf of the
university.” Controller of examinations Deepak Vasave said the dues
will reach colleges soon.
Source | Mumbai Mirror
| 4 November 2015
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Pralhad
Jadhav
Khaitan
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