Summary:
A glance at the spelling of words used in university files will not only reveal the standard of higher education, but also raise a question on the selection of VCs and pro-VCs. Only a university professor, having at least 10 years of experience, is eligible to apply for the post of VC or pro-VC. They had come to science college to evaluate Intermediate answer books.Similarly, a city-based college teacher wrote an application to his ‘principle’ (read principal) for granting him a few days’ leave recently. When the principal drew his attention towards the error, the teacher asserted that he had been writing the same spelling all along and nobody had raised any objection to that! At one place, he has noted “absent from headquater may be allowed.’ Even the notes given by the pro-VC in Hindi were full of howlers, said a senior university official.One wonders how a pro-VC can write such English or Hindi..