Anna University suspends 4 profs for marks-for-cash scam
Ram Sundaram & Ragu Raman TNN
Chennai:29.05.2019
Anna University on Tuesday suspended four professors after an in-house inquiry found they had been running a marks-for-money scam — charging ₹25,000 to ₹1 lakh to ensure students not only passed, but scored well. The scam could have been going on for years, but officials said they had found evidence of wrongdoing only for the exams held in April and November 2017.
The professors — former additional controller of examinations (ACOE) S Srinivasalu and deputy controllers of examinations K Selvamani, from the department of computer science, K Kulothungan, from the department of information science and technology, and Pugazhendi Sugumaran C, from the electrical and electronics engineering department — are accused of helping NRI students do well by replacing their original answersheets. Staff at the ACOE tore off the original answer scripts and destroyed them. New answer scripts were then attached. In some cases, students who have got single digit scores were given up to 85 marks during revaluation, said a professor who has knowledge of the inquiry findings.
Anna University vice-chancellor M K Surappa took a tough line. “We found evidence of serious malpractices in exams and deviant academic conduct of these faculty members. The extent of corruption in this case is shocking. Such practices will not be tolerated,” said Surappa.
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Ram Sundaram & Ragu Raman TNN
Chennai:29.05.2019
Anna University on Tuesday suspended four professors after an in-house inquiry found they had been running a marks-for-money scam — charging ₹25,000 to ₹1 lakh to ensure students not only passed, but scored well. The scam could have been going on for years, but officials said they had found evidence of wrongdoing only for the exams held in April and November 2017.
The professors — former additional controller of examinations (ACOE) S Srinivasalu and deputy controllers of examinations K Selvamani, from the department of computer science, K Kulothungan, from the department of information science and technology, and Pugazhendi Sugumaran C, from the electrical and electronics engineering department — are accused of helping NRI students do well by replacing their original answersheets. Staff at the ACOE tore off the original answer scripts and destroyed them. New answer scripts were then attached. In some cases, students who have got single digit scores were given up to 85 marks during revaluation, said a professor who has knowledge of the inquiry findings.
Anna University vice-chancellor M K Surappa took a tough line. “We found evidence of serious malpractices in exams and deviant academic conduct of these faculty members. The extent of corruption in this case is shocking. Such practices will not be tolerated,” said Surappa.
› More reports, P 5
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