Madras university fines 4 colleges after reports of mass copying
Siddharth Prabhakar| TNN | Sep 3, 2017, 06:22 IST
Madras University (File photo).
CHENNAI: It is not just Bihar where mass copying and other malpractices are allowed to continue in colleges with the connivance of the management and staff. In a strong message to all its affiliated institutions, University of Madras has decided to fine four colleges, including three in the city , `50,000 each after a syndicate sub-committee on examinations, disci pline and student welfare reported a number of copying cases in these institutions.
At a meeting last month, the university syndicate resolved that the process of penalising repeat offenders would be made permanent and that the institutions would also lose the privilege of being named examination centres. Around 120 colleges in Chennai, Tiruvallur and Kancheepuram districts are affiliated to the university.
Vice-chancellor P Duraisamy told TOI that it was a clear message to the colleges that they must be vigilant during exams. "Students should be checked properly so that they don't carry cellphones into the exam hall. The college is also responsible if that can't be prevented," he said. The syndicate at its next meeting would decide on creating a comprehensive framework to tackle all examination malpractices, inclding the penalty to be imposed,Vice-chancellor P Duraisamy said.
Syndicate members said flying squads had reported that students at many of the university's affiliated colleges were in possession of mobile phones, printed copies of answers and hand-written sheets in the exam centres. In one case, a student had placed a `500 note in the answer booklet, provided a cellphone number and requested the examiner for pass mark.
Syndicate members told TOI that it was obvious from the cases reported by the subcommittee that copying could not have happened without the facilitation of some authorities of the colleges concerned. Specific cases as well as those were frequency of copying incidences were high were specifically differentiated, a syndicate member said, adding that the issue had triggered a passionate debate at the meeting.
In one exam centre, the answer scripts of all the candidates were were found to be identical in all respects, indicating mass copying. In another case, a student was found to have submitted two answer sheets, a syndicate member said. In another case of suspected examination malpractice, the same handwriting was found in the answer scripts of four different candidates. The scripts, however, did not have the signature of the hall superintendent.
Siddharth Prabhakar| TNN | Sep 3, 2017, 06:22 IST
Madras University (File photo).
CHENNAI: It is not just Bihar where mass copying and other malpractices are allowed to continue in colleges with the connivance of the management and staff. In a strong message to all its affiliated institutions, University of Madras has decided to fine four colleges, including three in the city , `50,000 each after a syndicate sub-committee on examinations, disci pline and student welfare reported a number of copying cases in these institutions.
At a meeting last month, the university syndicate resolved that the process of penalising repeat offenders would be made permanent and that the institutions would also lose the privilege of being named examination centres. Around 120 colleges in Chennai, Tiruvallur and Kancheepuram districts are affiliated to the university.
Vice-chancellor P Duraisamy told TOI that it was a clear message to the colleges that they must be vigilant during exams. "Students should be checked properly so that they don't carry cellphones into the exam hall. The college is also responsible if that can't be prevented," he said. The syndicate at its next meeting would decide on creating a comprehensive framework to tackle all examination malpractices, inclding the penalty to be imposed,Vice-chancellor P Duraisamy said.
Syndicate members said flying squads had reported that students at many of the university's affiliated colleges were in possession of mobile phones, printed copies of answers and hand-written sheets in the exam centres. In one case, a student had placed a `500 note in the answer booklet, provided a cellphone number and requested the examiner for pass mark.
Syndicate members told TOI that it was obvious from the cases reported by the subcommittee that copying could not have happened without the facilitation of some authorities of the colleges concerned. Specific cases as well as those were frequency of copying incidences were high were specifically differentiated, a syndicate member said, adding that the issue had triggered a passionate debate at the meeting.
In one exam centre, the answer scripts of all the candidates were were found to be identical in all respects, indicating mass copying. In another case, a student was found to have submitted two answer sheets, a syndicate member said. In another case of suspected examination malpractice, the same handwriting was found in the answer scripts of four different candidates. The scripts, however, did not have the signature of the hall superintendent.
