THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has come down heavily on the Kerala University for inefficiency in handling the answer books, leading to their loss.Scrutiny of the minutes of the standing committee on examinations revealed that eight answer books of examinations held from 2002 to 2008 were missing.This was revealed in the report of the CAG for the year ending March 31 tabled in the Assembly on Tuesday.In the above eight cases, legal action was initiated in one case against the examiner on the basis of a complaint filed by a student. The Controller of Examinations stated that special examinations were conducted in six cases and no action could be taken in one case as the period of the event was too old.Further, 84 answer scripts bearing false numbers from 55355 to 55438 of part I section B of Community Medicine of the third year MBSS held in June/July 2004 were missing.The examiner had testified that the answer papers had been handed over to the university and acknowledgment had been received. The answer scripts of 15 candidates, who had applied for revaluation, were among the 84 missing answer scripts. The Syndicate decided on May 2007 to give students a chance to reappear for the papers in the same syllabus without remitting examination fees. The missing answer scripts have not been traced even after six years. No penal action was initiated against the persons responsible.The Controller of the Examinations contended that there were practical difficulties in debarring the examiners permanently from the examinership because the university would lose their valuable services and in cases where answer books were not retrievable, another opportunity was given to the candidates to write examinations in the same scheme without charging examination fees.As per the guidelines for revaluation, in the event of the examiner’s failure to return the answer books to the university, he/she should be permanently debarred from the university as an examiner. In addition, a fine of Rs 5,000 should be imposed. The erring examiners are also liable to pay compensation, if any, as ordered by the court or the competent authority.
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