To prevent copying, K’taka students made to wear boxes on their heads during exam
‘Implemented This Idea To Curb Malpractice And Not To Harass Students’
Basavaraj Maralihalli TNN
Haveri:19.10.2019
In a bizarre bid to curb malpractice, first-year science students of Bhagath PU College were made to sit for a midterm exam with cardboard cartons covering their heads — with a hole cut out in the front for their faces.
A video and pictures of students writing a chemistry exam on Wednesday with cartons on their heads was widely shared on social media. When officials of the education department got wind of it, they rushed to the college and ordered the management to desist from the practice.
S C Peerjade, deputy director, PU Board, said he issued a notice to the college management for implementing what he described as “an inhuman idea in the examination hall”.
However, M B Sateesh, a director of the college, said, “We had implemented this idea to curb malpractice and not to harass students. This is just an experiment. We discussed it with students and took their consent before implementing it.”
Sateesh went on to say that the college will comply with the board’s directive. “We are following all rules imposed by PU department,” he said.
Peerjade said, “When I got a message on this, I immediately went to the college and ordered the management to stop the practice. I also issued a notice to the college management and am contemplating disciplinary action against them for implementing this idea.”
Peerjade said he advised students to alert the department when such practices are imposed by the management. “This is inhuman and civilized society will never accept such an idea. I hope this is never repeated again,” Peerjade said.
“There are traditional ways of managing students and preventing malpractice in the examination hall and the college can resort to them.”
Last month, a similar incident in Mexico triggered outrage with enraged parents demanding that Colegio de Bachilleres Del Estado De Tlaxcala in the central Mexican state of Tlaxcala dismiss the teacher who forced students to wear the boxes on their heads.
NO CHEATING PLEASE: First-year science students of Bhagath P U College at Haveri in Karnataka were made to appear for their exams on Wednesday with cardboard carton covering their heads
‘Implemented This Idea To Curb Malpractice And Not To Harass Students’
Basavaraj Maralihalli TNN
Haveri:19.10.2019
In a bizarre bid to curb malpractice, first-year science students of Bhagath PU College were made to sit for a midterm exam with cardboard cartons covering their heads — with a hole cut out in the front for their faces.
A video and pictures of students writing a chemistry exam on Wednesday with cartons on their heads was widely shared on social media. When officials of the education department got wind of it, they rushed to the college and ordered the management to desist from the practice.
S C Peerjade, deputy director, PU Board, said he issued a notice to the college management for implementing what he described as “an inhuman idea in the examination hall”.
However, M B Sateesh, a director of the college, said, “We had implemented this idea to curb malpractice and not to harass students. This is just an experiment. We discussed it with students and took their consent before implementing it.”
Sateesh went on to say that the college will comply with the board’s directive. “We are following all rules imposed by PU department,” he said.
Peerjade said, “When I got a message on this, I immediately went to the college and ordered the management to stop the practice. I also issued a notice to the college management and am contemplating disciplinary action against them for implementing this idea.”
Peerjade said he advised students to alert the department when such practices are imposed by the management. “This is inhuman and civilized society will never accept such an idea. I hope this is never repeated again,” Peerjade said.
“There are traditional ways of managing students and preventing malpractice in the examination hall and the college can resort to them.”
Last month, a similar incident in Mexico triggered outrage with enraged parents demanding that Colegio de Bachilleres Del Estado De Tlaxcala in the central Mexican state of Tlaxcala dismiss the teacher who forced students to wear the boxes on their heads.
NO CHEATING PLEASE: First-year science students of Bhagath P U College at Haveri in Karnataka were made to appear for their exams on Wednesday with cardboard carton covering their heads
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