M.A. degree held up for college students in Tiruvannamalai
Students at Kalaignar Karunanidhi Government Arts College are unable to receive their M.A. degrees because marks for an extension activity were not processed. The college blames the parent university for failing to open the portal for external assessment marks.
Why it matters
This administrative failure highlights systemic issues in higher education governance and the impact of bureaucratic delays on student career prospects.
Students of M.A. Tamil programme at Kalaignar Karunanidhi Government Arts College, Tiruvannamalai are facing a quandary over their final results. For about 45 of them, the marks for the Extension Activities paper have not been added to their final result, leaving them short of requisite credits for earning the master’s degree.
As a result, although the results for the semester exam held in April/May 2026 were declared on July 10, the consolidated mark sheet for the students or the provisional degree certificate will not be generated, sources at the institution said.
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