Exam fraud: Anna University cancels affiliation of college
TNN | Nov 13, 2018, 06.32 AM IST
CHENNAI: As part of its crackdown on fraud in the conduct of examinations, Anna University has cancelled the affiliation of Chendhuran College of Engineering and Technology in Pudukottai.
A senior official from the university said, "The college owner's son used a proxy candidate to write his semester exams. The university syndicate (top most decision making body) withdrew affiliation in its previous meeting".
Three other colleges were also pulled up for mass malpractice in the semester exams held last November-December. These colleges had allowed students to copy from textbooks, bits of paper with information and from other students' answer scripts.
Multiple sources confirmed that the Controller of Examinations had recommended action against these colleges and an internal enquiry committee was preparing its final report. "One among them is likely to lose affiliation as the violation seems to be gross," said another official, requesting anonymity.
Soon after the malpractices came to light, teachers working in these colleges were not allowed to act as exam hall supervisors.
It was made mandatory for colleges to involve at least of 50% of teaching faculty from other colleges in the exam hall invigilation process. As many as 1,400 students had been caught for malpractice in university semester exams in the last one year, according to an affidavit filed by Anna University in the Madras High Court last month.
Besides this, a slew of examination reforms were introduced by the varsity in the aftermath of the re-evaluation scam, which hit the headlines a few months ago.
Answer keys were provided for all the subject question papers and students were instructed to strike out blank pages so that they could not be manipulated at the evaluation centres, the affidavit added.
TNN | Nov 13, 2018, 06.32 AM IST
CHENNAI: As part of its crackdown on fraud in the conduct of examinations, Anna University has cancelled the affiliation of Chendhuran College of Engineering and Technology in Pudukottai.
A senior official from the university said, "The college owner's son used a proxy candidate to write his semester exams. The university syndicate (top most decision making body) withdrew affiliation in its previous meeting".
Three other colleges were also pulled up for mass malpractice in the semester exams held last November-December. These colleges had allowed students to copy from textbooks, bits of paper with information and from other students' answer scripts.
Multiple sources confirmed that the Controller of Examinations had recommended action against these colleges and an internal enquiry committee was preparing its final report. "One among them is likely to lose affiliation as the violation seems to be gross," said another official, requesting anonymity.
Soon after the malpractices came to light, teachers working in these colleges were not allowed to act as exam hall supervisors.
It was made mandatory for colleges to involve at least of 50% of teaching faculty from other colleges in the exam hall invigilation process. As many as 1,400 students had been caught for malpractice in university semester exams in the last one year, according to an affidavit filed by Anna University in the Madras High Court last month.
Besides this, a slew of examination reforms were introduced by the varsity in the aftermath of the re-evaluation scam, which hit the headlines a few months ago.
Answer keys were provided for all the subject question papers and students were instructed to strike out blank pages so that they could not be manipulated at the evaluation centres, the affidavit added.
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