ANU under fire over contract faculty evaluating distance-education answer scripts
Acharya Nagarjuna University is facing criticism for using contractual postgraduate faculty to evaluate undergraduate distance-education exam papers. Officials claim this was necessary due to a shortage of qualified degree-level evaluators.
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The integrity of academic evaluation processes is critical for maintaining educational standards and student trust in university degrees.
Acharya Nagarjuna University (ANU) is facing heat following allegations that contractual postgraduate faculty members evaluated undergraduate semester examination papers. The evaluation took place at Prabhala Degree College, one of two authorised centres, raising concerns about the eligibility of the personnel engaged for the work.
The issue particularly concerns answer scripts for subjects such as the Life Skill Course—Environmental Education, Social Work, Food and Nutrition, Chemistry, English, and other subjects related to the ANU Centre for Distance Education’s examinations.
The university reportedly entrusted nearly 1.93 lakh undergraduate semester examination papers to the college for evaluation. Of the total scripts, 11,164 papers were evaluated by nine faculty members from different concerned subjects allegedly suggested by the university authorities, which has now become a point of concern.
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