Tejasree was reportedly unable to pay college fee
Education Minister A. Suresh on Sunday said a three-member committee had been constituted to probe the circumstances that led to the suicide of Papisetty Tejasree, an engineering second year student of QIS College in Ongole in Prakasam district.
The girl had resorted to the extreme step in the early hours of Saturday as she was reportedly unable to pay her college fee.
The committee comprises G. Yesu Ratnam, Chief Engineer and Director, Infrastructure Development, Swarna Kumari, Director, Empowerment of Women and Grievances, and M. Swaroopa Rani, professor of Civil Engineering. All the three are from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU)- Kakinada.
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University-Hyderabad (File photo)
HYDERABAD: Scores of students across semesters under Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University-Hyderabad (JNTUH) woke up on Tuesday morning to find they had scored zero in external exams
The JNTUH released the results of BTech semester exams that were held in examination centres in September/October 2020. But within minutes they were flooded with calls that students who had done well secured zero marks.
While JNTUH sources said the complainants could be in hundreds, officials quickly ordered a probe to find out what could have gone wrong.
“We have received complaints from three affiliated colleges stating that many of their students have raised an alarm over securing zero marks despite attempting the question paper well. So far, we have identified one evaluator who has done a faulty evaluation. We are in the process of scrutinising further and investigating more,” said Kamakshi Prasad, director, evaluation, J
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Updated Jan 23, 2021, 1:14 am IST
MBA students urge authorities to allow them to appear for examinations
The management is now forcing us to pay an additional Rs 16,000 and linking the course fees with the examination fees. Representational image/AFP
Karimnagar: Students of the Vaageswari educational institution pursuing Master of Business Administration (MBA) course on Thursday pleaded with the state government to allow them write the examination without insisting on payment of an additional course fee.
“The college management must take only the examination fees fixed by the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU),” they said.
As many as 72 MBA students went to the collectorate to meet district collector K. Shashanka seeking resolution of their problem. The collector was not available and they submitted the memorandum to the administrative officer. The students expressed their concern over their career and said the college was not all