This was sent by a friend who is distressed with the situation faced by the relative. Any advice will be appreciated.
Note: I edited the email for clarity.
Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:03:42 PST
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:03:42 -0800 (PST)
From: xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject:
To: Poobalan
I have a close relative studying at KUTPM (currently changed name to : MSU: Management & Science University!!! ). My relative is in his 4th semester and the semester has just started last week. Last week, he came to collect his result for the previous semester. Surprisingly he FAILED one of his basic subject. He is a good student and have never scored anything lesser than B so far. But this time, there was something really fishy about his result.
For the failed subject, he actually did well in his mid-term exam and his assignments ,while the final exam only carries 40% of the total contribution. So now matter how we look at it, it is not making sense at all. So he was asked to fill up form for RECHECK and was charged RM80 for that!
The issue here is, he was not told clearly when this recheck result shall be out. According to the officers, it will take AT LEAST 3 weeks!!! And based on my relative’s seniors experience, the recheck result will be only out at the end of the semester and there will be no changes even though if there was a mistake. They say “duit recheck macam masuk tabung”!! I have seen a few students who are proof of this issue as this happened to them and they were victimised for the mistake the college did!
One case was, the lecturer for a particular subject gave a support letter stating that the student got B for the subject which stated FAILED in her result slip. Yet the college refused to change and force her to retake the examt!!!!)
Until the result is out, my relative is NOT allowed to take one of the subject offered for this semester, as the subject that was stated failed is a prerequisition subject for this current semester subject.
On top of that, till the results of the recheck are out, he was asked to attend the class for the subject he failed. So now he is depressed. He called up his lecturer for the subject he failed (the lecturer is no longer working in that college) and she said she gave everyone good grades as all did well.
He met his Mentor (lecturer assigned to help student) to assist him further, but he was insisted to just repeat the subject and not hope for any changes. He wanted to meet the dean and appeal but he was NOT allowed to meet the faculty dean at all till his recheck result is out and only if no changes in the result.
I really dont understand wht kind of lousy system this college is having. Students were not at all given the status of their continous assessments’ marks and everything is kept as secret. I am a local university graduate. I dont remember anyone stopping us from seeing the faculty dean if there is any problem. And we were always given the status of our continuous assessment marks throughout our semester.
But over here, I DON’T understand their system. My relative is just another victim of their sabotage!!! He is so distressed about all this. Now looks like he need to retake the subject again, and pay another RM900 for tht!!! He is already struggling with the little money that he is getting in the name of loan. Every single cent counts for students like him.
I thought this is a great college, but now I really think there is alot of fishy things going on. Their website serve no purpose. There is no contact or email to contact the right person to assist on this matter.
They keep dragging the RECHECK result. My relative can’t appeal to dean till the result come out. Even appealing to dean doesn’t mean that he could get his actual result!! The mentor promised to get the recheck result out fast but nothing been done as said!!!
So, wht is the status of my relative and other students who are going through the same fate like him at that college, especially Indians, as according to my relative many indians are being victimised to balance their so called ‘statistics’ !! Why he has to pay his money for the subject he did NOT actually fail. Why he has to pay for their mistake. I want to see some transparency in their system. If they said he failed, then prove it!
Please Help.
More students are suffering because of their lousy system. It has to be more transparent.
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22 nov 2007