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| Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008
Anna varsity posts semester results on its website after four
years
Chennai: Over half of all engineering colleges affiliated to
Anna University could not achieve a 50 per cent pass percentage
during the semester examinations held in May 2008, in terms
of candidates passing all papers.
The university has once again posted semester examination results
on its website after four years. The results reveal that only
115 of the 242 affiliated colleges who offer at least two courses
managed to cross the 50 per cent mark.
The Mepco Schlenk Engineering College topped the list, with
88.7 per cent of its students clearing all the papers. Others
in the top five include SSN College of Engineering, Kongu Engineering
College, Institute of Road and Transport Technology and Meenakshi
Sundararajan Engineering College, all of whom achieved a pass
percentage above 80 per cent.
Anna University Vice-Chancellor P. Mannar Jawahar said the decision
to post semester results once again was taken after several
colleges put out advertisements with false claims to lure students.
“When colleges with a 53 per cent pass put out ads saying
94 per cent, then I thought it was time to take action. We don’t
want students and parents to be misled by such wrong claims.
The true facts need to be available,” he said.
The earlier attempt to regularly post semester results had been
shot down by some self-financing colleges who felt that their
reputations would be hurt, he said. While agreeing that students
need to take other factors into account, apart from the mark
performance, in order to make a holistic decision while selecting
colleges, Dr. Jawahar felt that these rankings would also help
in the decision-making process.
Several lesser-known names do feature high on the list, edging
out some other popular colleges. In fact, government colleges
at Bargur, Salem and Tirunelveli do not feature in the top 40
at all.
Asked why the results were posted after this year’s admission
season was over, depriving this year’s applicants of the
information, Dr. Jawahar said that the results only came out
in the middle of the admission process.
“We didn’t want to bias students in the middle of
the process. It will still be helpful for next year’s
students,” he said, adding that he intends to continue
the system for future semesters. “It is all part of fulfilling
the promise of a quality education.”
Courtesy: The Hindu
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