Bifurcation will reduce load on RGUHS

Minister for Medical Education Ramachandre Gowda, on Monday said that the State cabinet will look into the bifurcation of the Rajiv Gandhi University for Health Sciences (RGUHS) to ease the administrative constraints arising from the large number of colleges under it. The minister also noted that the government was waiting for a response from the University’s Syndicate before proceeding with action against those found guilty of irregularities in evaluation of answer papers.

Responding to a query raised in the Legislative Council, the minister said that, the three-member committee which was constituted after large differences in marks were found in the first valuation and revaluation of the answer papers of the exams held in December 2008 and January 2009, has submitted its report.

The report has been sent to the RGUHS Syndicate to elicit its recommendation; the government is committed to taking action on the issue, he said.

The minister also clarified that the recent change in rules effected by its syndicate pertained to expanding the scope for re-valuation. In the wake of irregularities (as mentioned above) students needed to clear doubts if any and the rule was changed to help students applying for re-valuation.