Teachers seek restructuring of M.A. English question paper

Concerns raised over mass failure of students; demand for reintroduction of double valuation

Teachers of English language and literature in colleges under the Calicut University have appealed to the varsity authorities to restructure the M.A. English question paper pattern in view of the mass failure in its recent first semester examination. The teachers have also sought an end to the existing disparity in question paper pattern followed in autonomous colleges and other affiliated colleges. Currently, Calicut University follows a different question paper format for M.A. English in autonomous colleges, the University Department of English and government, aided and self-financing colleges. While M.A. students of the University Department of English and autonomous colleges have to write an average of 30 sheets in three hours, their counterparts in affiliated colleges will have to write 40 sheets.