Copies of answer sheets online soon

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, May 23

Amid a controversy over 85 per cent re-evaluation or reappear cases in IK Gujral Punjab Technical University(PTU)-affiliated colleges, Technical Education Minister Charanjit Singh Channi today directed the PTU authorities to offer the facility of providing answer sheets’ scanned copies online on demand to the students.

Channi said engineering and management students would thus be able to view the answer sheets before applying for re-evaluation. He said an examiner could face the music if re-checking of a paper led to a variation of more than 10 per cent marks.

On his first visit to the PTU campus today, the minister gave strict directions to the affiliated colleges and announced major scholarship offers for the students taking admission on the university campus, government colleges and polytechnics. Technical Education Secretary-cum-officiating Vice-Chancellor Kahan Singh Pannu and various deans were present on the occasion.

He said affiliated colleges where examination centres were set up should have CCTV surveillance with control and monitoring at the university headquarters so as to check copying. He said if cheating was reported from a centre, the exam centre head and the invigilator would face strict action.

He said Rs 25 crore were being spent on incubation centres wherein PTU, too, could start projects. He said the syllabi of courses being offered on PTU main campus would be on a par with the syllabi of IITs after consultations with the IIT authorities.

Scholarship scheme

"Under the SC scholarship scheme for four government engineering colleges and polytechnics, those scoring above 90 per cent marks in Class XII will get 90 per cent fee waiver, 80-90 per cent marks (80 per cent waiver) and so on till  50 per cent fee waiver for 50-60 per cent marks." — Charanjit Singh Channi, Technical education minister