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NLSIU distance education students in a quandary

BANGALORE: Students pursuing the distance education masters course in Business Laws at the country’s premier law institute, the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), are in a quandary, as the university is yet to announce the results of the examinations held for first year students in June 2008.

Students, who rely on the university website to keep themselves abreast of the latest course developments, complained that the university had officially postponed the announcement twice till date.

However, the university not only failed to keep both deadlines but also refused to update declarations on the website.

Zakaav, a student from Bangalore, told The Hindu that the website had initially announced the date of results as the last week of September, and later pushed it to the first week of October.

“By delaying the results inordinately the university has landed us in a fix. When will we get the time to prepare for the examination?” another student asked.

Students said that five months is too long to release the results of an examination, and it amounts to “negligence” on the university’s part.

The fact that the second year examinations cannot be attempted without clearing five subjects of the first year is an impediment for students. The university has put up on its website that the supplementary examination for this first year examination will be held from February 2 to February 8. The last date for applying for this is January 3.

When contacted, Registrar of NLSIU V. Nagaraj said that the results would be announced shortly.

“The batch of 2008 has 1,800 students, which is why the evaluation work has taken longer than usual. This is the sole reason for the delay in evaluation procedures. We are trying to release it as soon as possible,” Dr. Nagaraj said. This Master of Business Laws (PG degree) programme is the only two-year course on offer.

However, another student, who is now located in Mumbai, said: “As far as I know only 300 students took the examination. We opt for the distance mode because we are working and do not have the time to follow up constantly on this. And whenever we call for information, the officials do not seem to know about the particulars.”

The MBL course has students from all over India applying every year. The course has five papers each year covering subjects from contract and industrial law to intellectual property laws.

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