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Was Iris Luarasi right to reveal the names of those who remained in the class?

Shkruar nga Anabel

21 Tetor 2019

Was Iris Luarasi right to reveal the names of those who remained in the class?

Iris Luarasi, a lecturer in the Department of Journalism, said Saturday that she once had these four familiar names in the classroom : Jonida Shehu, Arbana Osmani, Erl Murati and Artan Hasani. She says they are now friends, but that does not justify the disclosure of private data.

Jonida Shehu and Arbana Osmani are well-known moderators at Top Channel, Erl Murati serves as editor-in-chief of the Albanian Gazette, while Artan Hasani is a journalist. Given that these people have built successful careers in journalism, publishing a note from the past discredits them and violates their privacy.

The first responded by lecturer and economics expert, Ilir Ciko, who said: "I have been following generations of students for 16 years and in those cases when I was compelled not to pass, I am sure that none other than the student and the administration the university has not been informed of the assessment. If ethical norms are difficult to work with, I believe that rules of the game should be established not to undermine the privacy of others. "

Ciko is a lecturer at the Canadian Institute of Technology and educated at Harvard Kennedy School.

At universities around the country, student privacy rules vary, but there is a unifying practice. In almost every faculty in the country, the grade for an exam remains private. Either it is physically displayed with a code that belongs to a student who only knows it, or it is displayed in a system where it is accessed through each student's account, or the evaluation is given to the student by the secretary or lecturer. In all these scenarios, only the assessed student receives the grade. Of course, there are times and there are lecturers who refuse to enter this matter and simply post the names with the grades alongside them or read them in class in the eyes of everyone. However, they are the exception.

When the grade is private, what makes Luaras think that years later, the student is stripped of that right? Or because he has friends mentioned, will they not take it for granted? The problem lies in its action and its reluctance to make such data public.

Anabel was informed that Luarasi had significant numbers of students simply for attendance, including the lecture attendance, which is assumed to be voluntary. So, three misses are enough to stay in attendance and pursue the whole subject from scratch. Very few students succeed in touching the exam sheet or completing the assignment.

Rightly so, Albanian students who have made a name for themselves can talk about their time at the faculty, about various professors, about their non-serious practices, about delays, absences, whims and failures. They would even do well to perhaps remember the lecturers, and finally, realize that having a high number of positions is not an achievement, not even a pleasant anecdote, but quite the opposite.