Karnataka: Mess-up behind result delay? PU dept confident of results by May 25

Bengaluru: For the first time in recent years, the state PU Department has failed to announce the results of the II PUC final exam within the second week of May. This time, the results are expected before May 25.

The official reason attributed to the delay was a 15-day strike by lecturers earlier last month. But, sources in the PU Department said, it was mixing up of answer sheet bundles that has caused the delay.

The sources said that after the chemistry question paper leak fiasco, the state government suspended all the 40 officials from the exam section, hampering the functioning of the key section in the department. The department is now using the services of PU government college principals and lecturers to manage the examination section.

The untrained and inexperienced staff bundled a set of chemistry answer sheets with the Business Studies answer scripts and they returned without being evaluated. Officials noticed the mistake when they were cross-verifying their report cards with the marks.

The cards showed that the students were absent from the chemistry examination. Further investigation revealed that the answer scripts of these students had not been evaluated. “No such incident happened in the PU Department. We will announce the results before May 25”, said Mr Ramegowda, Director, PU Department.

Zero manpower in the examination section with the suspension of all the 40 officers in the examination section, the PU Department is trying to announce the second PUC final exam results with the help of officials on deputation from various government PU colleges. “It’s not an easy task. The department is using the services of highly inexperienced officials, so students may face a problem,” said an officer.