The Tribhuvan University filed a writ petition on 11 November 2009 against the decision made by the National Information Commission (NIC). Last month the NIC had decided that students have the right to get a copy of answer sheet when result of examination is published.
In the writ petition filed by the Registrar of Tribhuvan University and Chairperson of Examination Board Mr. Bhimraj Adhikari, it is claimed that the decision of NIC is against the policy decision of government on maintaining the secrecy of examination and against the law. Similarly, TU had claimed that the answer sheet falls under the classified information according the to the classification made by the government and asked for stay order against the decision of NIC.
In a decision last month the NIC directed the TU to provide copy of answer sheet without revealing the name of examiner if a student apply for a copy before answer sheets are destroyed pursuant to TU regulation. NIC had interpreted that the right to information covers the right of the students to get copies of their answer sheet.
Under the education policy of Nepal there is no provision allowing students to get copy of their answer sheets. It seemed possible only after enactment of RTI Act 2007.
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