Paper held on December 7 allegedly leaked; second such instance in five months
Academic confusionA senior professor said the re-test may be held on
January 10, but university officials denied any leak —File Photo
Barely four months after they were made to re-appear for
an exam due to an alleged paper leak, students of colleges affiliated
to Anna University are worried that they may be forced to take a test
yet again, after another instance of a leak.
“Today
in college, we were told there is a possibility the mathematics exam
will be conducted again,” said a second-year student of an engineering
college in Ambattur.
For most engineering courses,
semester examinations ended on Tuesday. The mathematics exam was held on
December 7, and some students say they heard rumours of an alleged leak
of the question paper that day itself.
“The paper
was very easy as more than 80 per cent of the questions were worked-out
examples,” said R. Govindakrishnan, a student of a college in Tambaram.
“We
have reports that some students in Tiruchi had access to a paper online
that had many of these questions. We have asked the university to
inform us at the earliest if any re-exam is planned,” said a director of
a group of engineering institutions.
There are over
450 engineering colleges in the State affiliated to Anna University.
Officials in private colleges said there was a palpable sense of anxiety
about the possibility of a re-test.
In July this
year, many students in city colleges obtained access to the electronics
circuits question paper a day before the exam. “We were surprised
because the paper had exactly the same questions as the one that was
circulated on the internet. Since then, we always make it a point to log
in to Facebook a day before an exam,” said a student.
However,
the exam was held once again. “In August, we were asked to re-appear
for the exam. And not only was the re-test tougher, the evaluation was
stricter too. Since this time it is mathematics, we might have to
prepare during the vacation too. This is a subject most of our seniors
have arrears in,” said a student.
“We have been
informed that the tentative date of the exam is January 10. But there is
no official notification from the university,” said R. Rajaram, senior
professor at a private college.
Anna University
officials have said there has been no evidence of any paper leak as of
now. “We suspect the allegations are baseless. A team of professors is
looking into the issue. We should be able to announce what is going to
happen in two days, if the suspicions are found to be valid,” an
official said.
SOURCE : THEHINDU
