The “possibility of breach” comes days after similar row at the AMU during its PMT examination
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: Jamia Millia Islamia has finally accepted “possibility of a breach” in this year’s B Tech entrance examinations and has decided to cancel the test and conduct a retest. There were allegations earlier that some faculty members received the ‘leaked’ paper a day in advance of B Tech and BDS in their mails after which entrance test for dental surgery (BDS) was postponed due to “unavoidable circumstances”.
In a statement on Monday, the Jamia administration accepted the wrongdoings. “A preliminary enquiry, based on the details available, hints at the possibility of a breach in the examination system with respect to B Tech entrance test that was conducted on June 13, 2015. Keeping in view the interests of the students who took the entrance examination and to maintain highest degree of propriety and credibility of the examination process, the University administration has decided to cancel the above- mentioned test.”
More than 35,000 students had appeared for the test, according to Jamia officials.
A fresh B Tech entrance test would now be administered on June 27, 2015. The postponed BDS entrance test, which was scheduled to be held on June 14, 2015, will now be held on June 25, 2015.
The University administration has also made it clear that fresh admit cards would be issued to all the applicants in respect of these two academic programmes. Necessary details will be put out on the university’s website and will also be conveyed to every examinee through e-mail and SMS.
The release from Jamia added, “Jamia Millia Islamia views the matter very seriously and regrets the inconvenience caused to the students and parents.”
This year, for the first time, the University had outsourced the work related to entrance test to CMC Limited, a subsidiary of Tata Consultancy Services. Some faculty members of Jamia claimed that the outsourcing could have caused the lapse. However, on Sunday, many in the University fraternity appeared in denial as they also played the victim-hood of being targeted unfairly by people with ‘vested interests.’
These people claimed that those faculty members who flexed their muscles during admission process were unhappy this time due to the outsourcing as earlier respective departments would set up own admission committee to prepare question papers.
In fact, a senior professor of the University had earlier claimed in a note written on his Facebook – the note has now been deleted – “The University neither invited tenders for outsourcing the work related to entrance exams and admissions nor took permission from the university’s statutory bodies before signing the contract with CMC.”
This year, the admission processes in several universities have been marred with allegations of cheating and other unfair means. The Apex Court on Monday scrapped the All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT) 2015 on charges of rampant cheating and has directed for a re-examination. Earlier, the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) too had cancelled its medical entrance examinations as ‘disproportionate large number’ of students from a particular centre appeared to be doing well, suggesting possible malpractices.