MTU Khabar

Low on attendance 800 barred from tests

Noida: Almost 800 students were barred from sitting in the semester examinations at Mahamaya Technical University(MTU) for not meeting the criterion of 75% attendance, said officials. To boost students' attendance, the university has created an online portal which will constantly monitor attendance. The system has kicked off and will become fully operational from July.

     According to officials, over 1.25 lakh students from all over the state, appeared for the examinations on the first day. “Those who didn’t have adequate attendance couldn’t appear for the exams. However, those who had valid reasons backed by evidence were allowed to write the papers.” Said a university official.

      As opposed to other universities where attendance is monitored or fed into the wed portal on a monthly basis or every semester, MTU’s new system will allow teachers to directly feed in the attendance record of each class into the system. “This will go a long way in increasing attendance. Every time a student misses a class, he will receive a message on his phone as will his father, "said JP Pandey, examination controller, MTU.

     The portal will also allow students and teachers to view their individual assessment regarding assignments, seminars, lectures, projects and practical examinations. 

Sem exams: MTU cancels first paper

Questions Appeared In paper Of Another Varsity

Noida: ON the first day of semester exams, Mahamaya Technical University was forced to cancel the first paper – Object Oriented Systems—of Master in Computer Application (MCA) course after one-third of the question paper was found to be an exact replica of paper’s section hat had appeared in a private university exam last month.

        Of the three sections A,B and C, in the MTU question paper, the entire section B carried the same questions that had already appeared in the exam conducted by the private institute.

        The first exam for the fourth semester of the MCA course was conducted as per schedule on Tuesday. The matter came to light only after students had finished answering the question paper. “after discussing the paper with friends outside the university, students realized the problem. By then, some staff and administrative members had also come to know of it,” a student said.

          MTU has rescheduled the exam for May 14. A committee has been constituted to inquire into the matter. “ The committee will look into how this happened and will submit a report on its findings soon,” said professor S K Kak, chairperson and vice chancellor, MTU.

           According to the MTU administration, question papers for all subjects are formulated jointly by internal & external staff.

           “Half the questions are set internally while the other 50% are decided by external authorities. As of now, we do not how an entire section was lifted from another institute’s question paper. The committee will figure out whether the mistake was made by our staff or by external authorities,” an MTU official said.

             The university, meanwhile, he said that the rest of the exams will be conducted as per the sehedule.