Over one thousand Nagaland University students hit by ‘anomalies’ in 2nd semester results

KOHIMA — Atleast a few thousands college students under Nagaland University have been affected by “anomalies” in the 2025 second semester results due to apparent irregularities in the evaluation system at the university level.

Following widespread complaints, the state’s Higher Education department on July 21 wrote to the Vice Chancellor of Nagaland University seeking “urgent intervention” over the undergraduate even semester results under the FYUGP/CBCS system.

The department’s letter cited issues flagged by the Nagaland College Principals Association (NCPA), including “mass failures in 2nd semester in all streams, mass failures in a single paper for entire departments within institutions, discrepancies in internally evaluated papers, and inadequate re-evaluation provisions.”

“It is learnt that the college authorities are receiving numerous complaints from students, parents and faculty members, which casts doubt on the fairness and accuracy of the results,” the letter stated. The department urged the university to examine the issues and take remedial measures.

According to an analysis by the NCPA, based on the results declared on July 11, 2025, around 1,006 regular students approximately failed in more than two subjects across Arts, Science and Commerce streams, making them ineligible for promotion to the 3rd semester under university guidelines.

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Another 2,939 students approximately failed in one paper and around 1,749 students failed in two papers. In total, about 5,694 students failed the 2nd semester examinations under FYUGP 2025, as per the analysis report shared with Eastern Mirror on Tuesday.

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Additionally, 1,636 students approximately from the 4th semester, who re-appeared for 2nd semester backlogs, also failed to clear their examinations. These students will likewise be ineligible to progress to the 5th semester.

Altogether, the number of students impacted by the 2nd semester results stands at approximately 7,330 students.

The NCPA is likely to meet with university officials on July 23 to press for corrective action.

"Expressing his personal view to this newspaper, one NCPA executive, said the introduction of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 has brought drastic changes to the system, particularly in student evaluation and grading, which has contributed to these issues".

The executive noted that technical glitches in the university’s new software for entering marks had already caused anomalies last year. At the time, the university assured that such mistakes would not be repeated.

In the 2024 results, over 900 students failed in more than two papers during the 2nd semester and could not continue their studies in the 3rd semester. Despite assurances, the problem has recurred this year.

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Last year, the university permitted students with three backlogs to continue to the next semester after intervention by the association, the NCPA executive said.

Meanwhile, an educator observed that while initial hiccups are expected with NEP 2020’s implementation, the policy was introduced without sufficient study or proper testing of the new systems, leaving students to bear the brunt.

From the 2025 results, there were instances where students scored over 90 marks in five out of six papers but received a C grade in one subject, which many students found ‘unbelievable.’ The source added that such discrepancies leave students feeling entirely at the mercy of the examiners.

Students who spoke to this newspaper shared examples of anomalies. One of the college students shared that their physical marksheet from Nagaland University showed them as failed, whereas the soft copy they had received earlier showed a pass.

A majority of students from that particular department were marked as failed in the same subject. When the issue was raised, they were asked to submit an application to the university, after which the results were corrected to passed.

In other cases, even toppers—whom classmates expected to clear the exams without issue—were marked as failed. There were also instances where subject names were wrongly entered in the marksheets, requiring them to be sent back for correction.