Thursday, Oct 02, 2008
Anna varsity to conduct coaching for B.E. students having arrears
About 8,000 students have arrears in tough mathematics-related
subjects
- Coaching to begin on October 15
- Classes will be held for about 15 days
Chennai: Anna University is organising special coaching classes
for about 8,000 B.E. candidates, who should have graduated between
2005 and 2007, but have been hampered by arrears in tough mathematics-related
subjects.
Classes will be offered at ten centres beginning on October
15, in the following subjects: MA 131 Mathematics I, MA 132
Mathematics II, MA 231 Mathematics III, MA 034 Random Processes,
MA 035 Discrete Mathematics, MA 039 Probability and Statistics
and MA 040 Probability and Queuing Theory.
University’s Controller of Examinations V. Jayabalan estimates
that about 2,000 to 2,500 students have arrears in each paper,
with most of them having failed more than once. Since several
have arrears in multiple subjects, the overall number of students
is approximately 8,000, he said. “Many of these candidates
are students who finished their diploma and then joined the
B.E course [through lateral entry]. They would not have had
the same mathematics base,” he added.
The special coaching classes will be conducted for about 15
days by Anna University, Chennai, for students from affiliated
colleges across the State. The nine proposed venues are the
College of Engineering, Guindy, and Madras Institute of Technology,
Chromepet in Chennai, as well as other centres in Vellore, Salem,
Coimbatore, Karaikudi, Tiruchi, Madurai and Tirunelveli. Classes
will be held in a particular subject at a particular venue only
if a minimum of 10 students enrol.
The course fee will be Rs. 2,000 per subject. Candidates can
send applications in plain paper to the Director, Centre for
Faculty Development, Anna University Chennai, Chennai –
600 025 on or before October 10 indicating their chosen subjects,
along with a bank demand draft drawn in favour of the same,
payable at Chennai. For more information, students can contact
the centre at 22203006 or 22203010.
Courtesy: The Hindu