Mangalore University has resumed issuing hard copies of marks cards to its final semester students, according to the Vice-Chancellor, P.L. Dharma.
He informed the Academic Council meeting on Friday that the consolidated marks card issued to a student upon completion of the three-year degree course (six semesters) includes marks from all six semesters.
The university stopped issuing semester-wise hard copies of marks cards since the first batch of the new National Education Policy (NEP) batch of students joined the degree courses from the academic year 2021-22. It was in accordance with a direction from the State government. It was also based on the national policy related to the education sector, which mandated making the mark cards available to students only through Digilocker.
Mr. Dharma said that the government had asked the universities to stop printing marks cards. But students demanded hard copies, saying that they were required for employment purposes.
Assembly Speaker U.T. Khader held a meeting with the Minister for Higher Education, M.C. Sudhakar, and senior officials of the Higher Education Department. The meeting resolved to issue a consolidated hard copy of the marks card once a student completes the sixth semester.
Following this, the Syndicate of the university in its meeting on March 12, 2025 resolved to issue physical marks card in the interest of students, the Vice-Chancellor said.
Later Mr. Dharma told press that students will not get hard copies of marks cards of other semesters (1, 2, 3, 4, 5). Like earlier they will be made available only through Digilocker.
The registrar (Evaluation), H. Devendrappa, said that the university recently dispatched 13,570 hard copies of consolidated mark cards to undergraduate students who graduated in 2023-24. Another 5,000 mark cards could not be sent due to profile-related issues. In addition, the varsity issued 1,637 marks cards to post-graduate students.
Mr. Devendrappa said that the undergraduate examinations of the academic year 2024-25 were held from June 9 to July 15. The ongoing post graduate examinations of the same academic year will get over on July 27.
The results of the final semesters will be announced first.
Academic year 2025-26
Mr. Dharma said that the academic year 2025-26 for undergraduate students is likely to begin from the first week of August, and for post-graduate students, it is likely to begin from the second week of August. The government is insisting on a common calendar of events for all State universities.
Published – July 18, 2025 08:40 pm IST
