Osmania University fails students

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Hyderabad: More than half the students who appeared for Osmania University degree final year exams (BA/ B.Com/ B.Sc) in March/April this year have failed. While a total of 65,216 students appeared for these exams, only 31,683 have passed, registering a pass percentage of just 48.58.
This is, however, an improvement over last year’s pass percentage of 42.60. As many as 8,402 students appeared for BA, 31,432 for B.Com and 25,382 for B.Sc exams this year.
OU struggles to get 50% results
Out of the total number of students who appeared for the degree exams in Osmania University, 4,264 in BA, 15,762 in B.Com and 11,657 in B.Sc have passed. The pass percentage in OU has been declining since 2009, when the Telangana agitation was at its peak. The pass percentage was over 50 per cent till March 2010, but slipped below 50 per cent in 2011. Since then, the university has been struggling to achieve 50 per cent results.
OU students actively took part in agitations from November 2009 to March 2012, leading to frequent disruptions of academic activities in the colleges and in private degree colleges affiliated to it. The pass percentage which was 55.59 in March 2009, remained almost static at 55.86 in March 2010, but slipped below 50 per cent to 49.22 in March 2011. It fell even further to 42.60 in March 2012.
With no major disruptions to academic activities in the last academic year (2012-13), the pass percentage increased to 48.58 this year, a jump of nearly six per cent. "Though the pass percentage is less than 50 per cent this year, we have improved by six per cent over last year. This is a positive sign. We are confident of achieving better results next year," said Prof S. Satyanarayana, vice-chancellor, OU.
He said there are a large number of affiliated degree colleges under OU and the performance of these colleges plays a major role in securing better results. "All the affiliated colleges have been asked to periodically monitor the performance of students through the academic year and focus on under-performing students to improve final results," the VC added.