✓
A2. Formal Letter
With reference to the above
pamphlet, write a letter to
Ms Jigna Parikh requesting
to enroll you for the camp
since you are interested in
the same. You may ask for
a few more details like fees,
number of hours, etc...
Answers
Answer:
Sanjay Deshmukh
Vice-Chancellor,
University of Mumbai
Sir,
The University of Mumbai is an institution with a lot of potential. There is no dearth of talent or resources. But, there are pressing issues which have plagued us that have affected the students and the entire system tremendously. As a student who has studied here for a long period, it is my duty to point out the shortcomings and strive for the betterment of the institution as a whole. While certain issues were dealt with during the course, another set of grievances have arisen in the last few months, which have left me with no option, but to write to you again.
This is about the future of the lakhs of third year and masters’ students being affected by the online assessment system for evaluation of papers. It has been a subject of contention for months now. There are several layers of objection to this initiative. Firstly, the enormity of this exercise, which includes the tedious scanning process, training for professors, the security of the system and the data requirements in terms of details of professors involved, clearly implies that a lot of planning is necessary. If the intention was to implement this from the april semester itself, why was the process of tenders not commenced before April? If it was the case, the agency and the university could have had adequate time to put the system in place.
When one of the main reasons behind the entire exercise was timely declaration of results, starting so late was clearly off the mark. Also, it is a fact that professors were supposed to be on vacation in May. Why was proper scheduling for evaluation not communicated to them in the first place? There have been media reports about the total confusion in this process. Even their training has not sufficiently taken place. So, the entire narrative has conveniently been changed from timely declaration of results to ‘priority’ given to students of certain streams over others. The worst part is that a lot of University officials speaking to the press, have been so casual about the delay