First it was its implementation, now the results of the semester that has triggered the outrage among the professors of Delhi University. There have been high score across all subjects under the semester system. While students are happy, teachers wonder if it has been done to prove the success of the semester system. Teachers are now planning to use the RTI to find the hidden truth.

Prof Dev Abha, from the Physics department at Miranda college, says after CBSE it is DU which is giving 100% marks to the students. He said, “Just in order to show that semester is successful, the University administration is running a scam where Departments unofficially told teachers to delete portions of the syllabi, moderation committees diluted the question papers, teachers were instructed to be liberal in marking scripts and marks are moderated to give a push to as many students as possible.”

Each of the three Eco theory papers of the university finals shows that 119 students in Paper 1, 88 students in Paper 2 and 179 students in Paper 3 of the subject have scored full 75 marks.

Nandita Dutta from the Economics Department of Miranda House says this kind of marks have been given only to prove that the semester is doing well. “When we write to foreign universities for recommendations we write on the basis of percentile and not on the basis of percentage. But if we will start giving marks to the students like this, then there will be nothing special about our university,” says Dutta. She adds, “Our students are offered huge pay packages even after graduation but this result has actually questioned the authenticity of the university.”

Teachers say that those in the final year which followed the annual examination pattern have still scored average but those in the first semester have scored really high. “Degree of difficulty remains the same, the teachers are same, so what has really done wonders under this system that has changed the who scenario overnight,” asks Dutta.

In Mathematics, 70 students in Paper 1, 80 students in Paper 2, 55 students in Paper 3 and 25 students in Paper 4 have scored full marks.

Prof Nandita Narain, from Math department of St. Stephen’s college, mentions the department meeting that held in October last year where the professors were told to unofficially reduce the syllabus. They were also asked to set up an easy paper and to mark leniently. “It is shocking to see the result. We will file RTIs to know what exactly has happened,” adding, “this way they have devalued the degree which is given by the best university in the country.” She says the marks were inflated after the evaluation of marksheets.

Teachers say they have been giving grace marks to those who need it but it has happened for the first time that moderation has been done across the board.