Satesman News Service
KOLKATA, 29 NOV: The Medical Council of India (MCI), which is carrying out a probe into the alleged fudging of marks in the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination (medical), has asked the Director of Medical Education (DME) and the chairman of the Joint Entrance Board to appear before the MCI's Delhi office on 4 December with all documents.
A highly-placed source in the MCI said that if state government officials fail to turn up with the documents it would take up the issue seriously. The decision has been taken as the state government was allegedly not cooperating with the MCI in its investigation and not providing the documents.
The MCI had earlier written to the state government seeking the documents relating to the procedure of the examination, the method of distribution of marks and the original answer papers of all the candidates. But the state government was reluctant to provide the documents. Senior officials of both the state health department and the joint entrance board have been saying that they have not received any letter from the MCI.
The Statesman broke the news about the fudging of marks in the medical entrance examination on 20-21 November giving all the details on how the two state government departments allegedly increased the marks of the candidates who failed to secure the minimum eligibility marks in the examination and ensured their admission in various medical colleges.
Quoting a source in the MCI, The Statesman had earlier reported that the Central regulating authority will look into the database of the marks of the students that are available with the JEE board. OMR (optical mark recognition) sheets and response sheets of all the candidates will also be looked into. If the investigation proves that the numbers which were sent to the MCI by the medical colleges were fudged, strong action will be taken against those who are involved in the scam.
The state government's decision to increase the marks of as many as 677 students under the general and reserve category who are studying medical after failing to secure the minimum eligibility marks might jeopardise the future of these candidates.
Editorial: Off Your Marks, page 6
KOLKATA, 29 NOV: The Medical Council of India (MCI), which is carrying out a probe into the alleged fudging of marks in the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination (medical), has asked the Director of Medical Education (DME) and the chairman of the Joint Entrance Board to appear before the MCI's Delhi office on 4 December with all documents.
A highly-placed source in the MCI said that if state government officials fail to turn up with the documents it would take up the issue seriously. The decision has been taken as the state government was allegedly not cooperating with the MCI in its investigation and not providing the documents.
The MCI had earlier written to the state government seeking the documents relating to the procedure of the examination, the method of distribution of marks and the original answer papers of all the candidates. But the state government was reluctant to provide the documents. Senior officials of both the state health department and the joint entrance board have been saying that they have not received any letter from the MCI.
The Statesman broke the news about the fudging of marks in the medical entrance examination on 20-21 November giving all the details on how the two state government departments allegedly increased the marks of the candidates who failed to secure the minimum eligibility marks in the examination and ensured their admission in various medical colleges.
Quoting a source in the MCI, The Statesman had earlier reported that the Central regulating authority will look into the database of the marks of the students that are available with the JEE board. OMR (optical mark recognition) sheets and response sheets of all the candidates will also be looked into. If the investigation proves that the numbers which were sent to the MCI by the medical colleges were fudged, strong action will be taken against those who are involved in the scam.
The state government's decision to increase the marks of as many as 677 students under the general and reserve category who are studying medical after failing to secure the minimum eligibility marks might jeopardise the future of these candidates.
Editorial: Off Your Marks, page 6
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