Pass marks for environmental & computer science courses reduced

AURANGABAD: The management council of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University ( Bamu) in its meeting on Tuesday decided to bring down the passing marks to 40% for students opting for undergraduate courses in environmental science and computer science.

Earlier the students had to achieve 50% marks in order to pass in both the subjects unlike others which required only 40% passing marks, said Sanjay Shinde, public relation officer at the university.

The council members also decided to fine Bharat College of Mass Communication, Jalna, Rs 10,000 as it had caused delay in issuing mark sheets to students. The delay was caused as the internal assessment marks for bachelors of Journalism course were submitted late by the college to the varsity, Shinde said.

The council also decided to appoint a full time single administrative head for all the departments of the school of performing arts. The school comprises drama, music and dance departments, of which music and dance were initiated in the year 2009 and 2010 respectively and had individual head co-ordinators.

A three-member committee was also appointed to take a final decision on whether the Master of Social Work college could continue the course in the university premises. "No academic and financial audit, recruitment or local management committee meeting has taken place since the year 2005 due to shortage of funds with the college," Shinde added.

The council also gave its final approval to the university to start with its vocational courses to begin from academic year 2013-14. The recruitment process for Class I and Class II officers would be conducted on June 6 and June 8 respectively.